BIB_ID
313543
Accession number
MA 7797.59
Creator
La Touche, Maria, 1824-1906.
Display Date
[1883 Sept.].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (9 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Date of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen inserted in this 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.
Place of writing inferred from contents of letter.
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.
Place of writing inferred from contents of letter.
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
Relating news of her son and daughter-in-law; discussing a cap she would like to knit for St. C. [Ruskin]; enclosing a sample of the red wool that she would like to use; relating details of a violent storm that caused flooding and significant damage to their property; discussing local neighborhors; discussing a "horrid book" she is reading.
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