BIB_ID
315698
Accession number
MA 7798.161
Creator
Mount-Temple, William Francis Cowper-Temple, Baron, 1811-1888.
Display Date
[1878] Apr. 18.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 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.
Authorship of this letter is determined by its contents and from a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen; year of writing inferred from contents of letter.
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 final page of the letter has been torn off.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Authorship of this letter is determined by its contents and from a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen; year of writing inferred from contents of letter.
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 final page of the letter has been torn off.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Forwarding cheques and money that were sent to him.
Catalog link
Department