BIB_ID
313947
Accession number
MA 7795.43
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[1889] May 29.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item ( 4 p.) ; 18.1 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 from [The] "Molt", Froude's summer residence in 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 from [The] "Molt", Froude's summer residence in 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
Expressing his distress that Ruskin is still battling mental illness; inviting Ruskin to come and stay with him for awhile in Devon; saying "I should like to be of some use and in this way perhaps I might. Your husband knows about the house and how far it would be safe for him [.]"
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