BIB_ID
313218
Accession number
MA 7797.4
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
1885 Apr. 30.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Maria La Touche's signature, "Lacy" refers to "Lacerta", Ruskin's nickname for her: 'the grace and wisdom of the serpent, without its poison'.
Part of a collection comprising 75 letters from Maria La Touche, consisting of six letters to John Ruskin, one letter to Ruskin's mother, Margaret Cock Ruskin and 68 letters to Joan Severn. Letters are largely undated, but were written from about 1861 to the 1890's. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed with her initials.
Part of a collection comprising 75 letters from Maria La Touche, consisting of six letters to John Ruskin, one letter to Ruskin's mother, Margaret Cock Ruskin and 68 letters to Joan Severn. Letters are largely undated, but were written from about 1861 to the 1890's. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed with her initials.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing, at length and in great detail, the Punchestown Races, an annual equestrian event in County Kildare; asking if any of the books he has written are ones she might understand; discussing her garden.
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