BIB_ID
315717
Accession number
MA 7798.167
Creator
Hunt, Alfred William, Mrs., 1831-1912.
Display Date
[1878].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; 18.0 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).
Year of writing inferred from the contents of the letter; the drawing was purchased at auction on April 6, 1878, therefore, likely month of writing is April.
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).
Year of writing inferred from the contents of the letter; the drawing was purchased at auction on April 6, 1878, therefore, likely month of writing is April.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Explaining the history of her and her husband's involvement in the selection and acquisition of the drawing for Ruskin.
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