BIB_ID
315685
Accession number
MA 7798.154
Creator
Simon, Jane O'Meara, 1816-1901.
Display Date
1878 Apr. 26.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 13.4 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).
Written from "40. Kensington Sq., W."
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 from "40. Kensington Sq., W."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Informing him that she has written the "Story of the Splügen" (MA 7798.155) in order that it might "at some future time be interesting if clearly stated, as so often matters like it get confused;" drawing his attention to the "great & generous kindness" of Mr. A.W. Hunt, as "coming from a hard-working artist, of simple living."
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