BIB_ID
313292
Accession number
MA 7797.17
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
"Monday" [1893 July] 3.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
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 and month of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Year and month of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Commenting on the news she has heard from London; sending news of their activities in Harristown and an update on furnishing and decorating the new house at Harristown; discussing the political turmoil over Home Rule; discussing her garden.
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