BIB_ID
313529
Accession number
MA 7797.55
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
A penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this letter indicates that this letter was most likely written after September 1881.
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.
Peggy Webling was a British playwright, novelist and poet; she performed with her young sisters, Josephine, Rosalind and Lucy, in amateur theatricals in London; they were befriended by Ruskin and were visitors to Brantwood.
Place of writing inferred from contents of letter.
There is a circle excised from the top of p. 1.
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.
Peggy Webling was a British playwright, novelist and poet; she performed with her young sisters, Josephine, Rosalind and Lucy, in amateur theatricals in London; they were befriended by Ruskin and were visitors to Brantwood.
Place of writing inferred from contents of letter.
There is a circle excised from the top of p. 1.
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
Saying she is returning to Ireland; asking about St. C's [Ruskin] recent lecture; asking about Peggy and Josephine Webling and their recent performance.
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