BIB_ID
315728
Accession number
MA 7798.170
Creator
Mount-Temple, William Francis Cowper-Temple, Baron, 1811-1888.
Display Date
1878 Apr. 16.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (9 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.
The entries for the individual contributors are for the period of April 16 through June 11, 1878, with the debit of the total collected indicated on June 13.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
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 entries for the individual contributors are for the period of April 16 through June 11, 1878, with the debit of the total collected indicated on June 13.
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
Being an accounting of the subscription monies received.
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