Autograph letter signed : Leek, to an unidentified recipient, 1878 Apr. 17.

Record ID: 
315656
Accession number: 
MA 7798.145
Author: 
Wardle, Thomas, Sir, 1831-1909.
Credit: 
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes: 

Written on stationery embossed "St. Edward Street, / Leek."
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).

Summary: 

Enclosing a contribution towards the subscription.

Provenance: 
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.