BIB_ID
313382
Accession number
MA 7797.38
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Concluding pages and signature of this letter are missing.
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.
Penciled notes written by Helen Gill Viljoen and included with this letter suggest possible year of writing to be 1877, 1883 or 1888.
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.
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.
Penciled notes written by Helen Gill Viljoen and included with this letter suggest possible year of writing to be 1877, 1883 or 1888.
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.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing the very wet summer; discussing her son, daughter-in-law and their children; asking her to send some poppy seeds.
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