BIB_ID
315218
Accession number
MA 7798.11
Creator
Barnard, Elizabeth, 19th cent.
Display Date
1878 Apr. 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Alfred Hunt, Margaret Hunt, John Simon and William Cowper-Temple organized a subscription for the purchase of J. M. W. Turner's watercolour "Pass of the Splügen" for John Ruskin in 1878. This tribute was in celebration of his recovery from a long period of mental illness.
Elizabeth Barnard was one of the original Companions of Ruskin's Guild of St. George and was listed in the first roll of 32 Companions in 1876.
J. M. W. Turner's "Pass of the Splügen" is now in a private collection.
Part of a large collection of letters to 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 Hollies, / Wandsworth, S.W."
Elizabeth Barnard was one of the original Companions of Ruskin's Guild of St. George and was listed in the first roll of 32 Companions in 1876.
J. M. W. Turner's "Pass of the Splügen" is now in a private collection.
Part of a large collection of letters to 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 Hollies, / Wandsworth, S.W."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Indicating she would like to participate in the subscription.
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