Record ID:
315323
Accession number:
MA 7798.59
Credit:
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 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.
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).
Summary:
Asking if contributions towards the subscription are still being accepted.
Provenance:
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
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