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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, "Good Friday"[1892 Apr. 22].

BIB_ID
313510
Accession number
MA 7797.52
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
"Good Friday"[1892 Apr. 22].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 18.0 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).
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter; Good Friday fell on April 22 in 1892.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Relating news of her granddaughter's [Rose Ward Hotham] move to India with her husband and young son; relating news of the progress of the reconstruction of her estate at Harristown; talking of the weather.