BIB_ID
313225
Accession number
MA 7797.7
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
[1888] Mar. 29.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 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).
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter.
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).
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling him she has been ill with influenza and hasn't been out of Ireland for more than a year; agreeing to write to "Joanie" [Joan Severn] but asking him not to "say she is wicked, she is so fond of you & anxious that you should be well & happy; & if she can't realize things that are real to you, that's not her fault. Believe me she will never bring any mischief on us."
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