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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : Harristown, Ireland, to Joan Severn, [1881].

BIB_ID
313348
Accession number
MA 7797.25
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
[1881].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (7 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).
Written on stationery embossed with her initials.
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter; notes indicate "late 1881? or early 1882?"
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Talking of the very cold weather; asking if the stocking order she placed with "K-D" [Kilcullen Dorcas Society] was received; describing the entries in the "Album of Confessions" to which she was invited to contribute; commenting about a "promising young Earl" who when asked for his "favorite characters in fiction" wrote 'Think them all bosh'. I should much enjoy seeing that Earl held under the Liffey for a few seconds;" saying they will be leaving for Menton "about the 1st."