Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter signed : Sunderland, to an unidentified recipient, 1878 Apr. 17.

BIB_ID
315625
Accession number
MA 7798.133
Creator
Backhouse, Edward, 1808-1879.
Display Date
1878 Apr. 17.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.3 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.
The letter was been written and signed by Fred Taylor on behalf of Mr. Backhouse.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written from "22 Georges Square / Sunderland."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Enclosing a contribution towards the subscription.