BIB_ID
312101
Accession number
MA 7788.77
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
[1881 Apr. 3].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters primarily from John Ruskin and Joan Severn to Dr. and Mrs. Simon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to April 3, 1881 and an additional note indicating that Mrs. Severn dated the letter, at the bottom of p. 2 as "Sunday morning."
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to April 3, 1881 and an additional note indicating that Mrs. Severn dated the letter, at the bottom of p. 2 as "Sunday morning."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Informing her that Ruskin "now seems himself and it's like waking from a horrible nightmare to find all the clouds had silver linings;" saying they are all so much happier now; adding how much her sympathy and support have meant.
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