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

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

Fragment of an autograph letter : Harristown, Ireland, to Joan Severn, undated.

BIB_ID
313401
Accession number
MA 7797.42
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Concluding pages of the letter and signature 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.
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
Sharing news of family, friends and her garden.