Autograph letter signed with initials : Brantwood, Coniston, to Mary Spence, 1875 Sept. 20.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Brantwood, Coniston, to Mary Spence, 1875 Sept. 20.

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Saying he does not care about being an angel; saying that last week he saw his first windhover and he would rather be a "happily married windhover;" saying that "I've been able to think of little else. It was so lovely and the absolute stillness in the sky so much more perfect than I had believed;" saying that "a stranger who had seen Rose [La Touche] said of her, to one of my friends, 'She looked like what one would have imagined a young sister of Jesus Christ';" describing his memory of Rose's face at thirteen and as it aged; saying that "it was the extreme strength with extreme delicateness which gave that look the stranger felt;" discussing his three houses: Brantwood, his rooms at Corpus Christi College and his old nursery room at Herne Hill with the Severns.

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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La Touche, Rose, 1848-1875

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Severn, Joan, 1846-1924

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Cousin and ward of John Ruskin. From the description of Autograph letters signed (15) and (1) dictated signed : to Prof. Knight, 1902 Mar. 13-1902 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664191 English artist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Matlock and Coniston, to Mr. and Mrs. Cowper-Temple, 1871? July 17-1890 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664325 Cousin and ward of Ruskin. From the description of Diary ...

Spence, Mary, 19th cent.,

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