BIB_ID
313278
Accession number
MA 7797.15
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
[before 1875].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Date of writing and recipient inferred from contents.
Maria La Touche refers to Rose and her governess coming; Rose died in 1875.
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.
The first pages of this letter that would include the salutation, place of writing and the date are missing; letter includes a sketch of a bridge on p. 1 of the fragment.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Maria La Touche refers to Rose and her governess coming; Rose died in 1875.
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.
The first pages of this letter that would include the salutation, place of writing and the date are missing; letter includes a sketch of a bridge on p. 1 of the fragment.
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 a place they are visiting near Galway; inviting her to visit after they return home; saying that Rose and Ernest will arrive and be with them for several weeks.
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