BIB_ID
313737
Accession number
MA 7795.9
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[1882] July 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from James Anthony Froude to John Ruskin and Joan Severn. 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).
Written on stationery embossed "The Molt, / Salcombe."
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen at the top of p. 1.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "The Molt, / Salcombe."
Year of writing from a penciled notation by Helen Gill Viljoen at the top of p. 1.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing the fishing village near his country house in Devon; referring to the scissor grinders of Sheffield and the issue of steel filings getting into their lungs; asking Ruskin to look at the proofs of essays he will publish; hoping that he will come down for a visit.
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