BIB_ID
313898
Accession number
MA 7795.31
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[1886] Aug. 20.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.0 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 mourning paper from " Salcombe / Kingsbridge."
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 mourning paper from " Salcombe / Kingsbridge."
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
Inquiring after the health of her cousin [Ruskin] after a recent attack of mental illness; saying he would still like to visit Brantwood in the Autumn, but would understand if he feels the need to go abroad.
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