BIB_ID
312607
Accession number
MA 7791.29
Creator
Forrest, M., 18th cent.
Display Date
1829 Dec. [day unknown].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Ruskin / Herne Hill / by / Camberwell."
Part of a collection of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood.. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter is dated December 1829, however the postmark is "Feb. 1, 1830."
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Part of a collection of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood.. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter is dated December 1829, however the postmark is "Feb. 1, 1830."
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Describing, in detail, her move from Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy; giving news of the Ruskin's friends in Dysart.
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