BIB_ID
313538
Accession number
MA 7797.57
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
[year unknown] Mar. 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Concluding pages of this letter are missing; a semi-circular exciscion has removed a small portion of the text in the corners of all 4 pages; a small fragment of the excision remains with the letter.
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
Thanking him for his letter; relating news of her health; adding an amusing description of Irish gardening clothes.
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