BIB_ID
313347
Accession number
MA 7797.24
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
1880 Apr. 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (11 p.) ; 17.7 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).
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
Relating family news of children and grandchildren; discussing local and national politics; discussing the canaries she is raising; recommending a particular brand of walking shoes that can be found on Oxford Street; telling her how to order some handloomed stockings from "The Dorcas" [Kilcullen Dorcas Society].
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