BIB_ID
312122
Accession number
MA 7788.81
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
[1878 Apr.].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 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.
The reference to the contribution by Prince Leopold relates to the purchase (by a subscription fund) of J. M. W. Turner's watercolour "Pass of the Splügen", at H. A. J. Munro's sale (Christie's, 5 April 1878), for presentation to John Ruskin.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to April 1878.
The reference to the contribution by Prince Leopold relates to the purchase (by a subscription fund) of J. M. W. Turner's watercolour "Pass of the Splügen", at H. A. J. Munro's sale (Christie's, 5 April 1878), for presentation to John Ruskin.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to April 1878.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling him that she received a letter from John Tyrwhitt informing her that Prince Leopold was making a contribution to the "Pass of the Splügen"; saying that Ruskin's mental health is stable; discussing the weather and her activities.
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