BIB_ID
313362
Accession number
MA 7797.33
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
[1893 Dec.].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 22.2 cm
Notes
Date of writing inferred from contents. The La Touches moved into their restored house in Harristown in September 1893 and began spending their winters in Dublin.
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).
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).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing bird seed; telling of the rebuilding of their estate at Harristown; describing Dublin as the "worst kept town civilisation possesses & its Home Rule Corporation is perfectly indifferent about mud ruts & there are no crossing sweepers--no human eye can read the names of the streets--the lamps are about as bright as ordinary night-lights--the house-holders never think of cleaning their windows--but the air is clean, one never endures suffocation nor do blacks rain upon one's nose--if there is a fog it is a clean white one from the sea--& the surroundings of the town are lovely and can be got at from anywhere in a few minutes, there are plenty of tram-cars, not badly managed & the sea and hills are very near;" wishing her a very Happy Christmas & New Year.
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