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Rose La Touche (1848–1875) was the pupil, cherished student, "pet", and ideal on whom the English art historian John Ruskin based Sesame and Lilies (1865).
Subsequently biographers of Ruskin chronicle his repeated infatuation with very young girls, especially that of Rose La Touche. When they first met, Rose La Touche was a mere ten years old and Ruskin 40.
Rose La Touche (1848–1875) was the major love of John Ruskin. She is the and ideal on whom the English art historian John Ruskin based Sesame and Lilies (1865). Ruskin met Rose when she was ten years old, and fell in love with her when she was eleven.
Rose La Touche. Rose La Touche, the daughter of John La Touche, a wealthy Irish banker, was born in 1848. Her father became a friend of the art critic, John Ruskin. In his autobiography, Præterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life (1885), he wrote about his first meeting with Rose: "On presently the ...
Feb 8, 2019 · The love of his life was a young Irish woman, Rose La Touche, from the wealthy banking family. He first met her when she was only nine, becoming her art tutor and eventually, despite a...
Apr 2, 2019 · La Touche, Rose, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Relations with women -- Rose La Touche, Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography, Dublin (Dublin) -- Biography. Publisher. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. Collection.
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The love story of Rose La Touche (daughter of John and Maria) and John Ruskin has been well documented. John and Maria met Ruskin in London and invited him to visit Harristown. Rose was ten years old when she first met Ruskin in 1858. Three years later Rose and Ruskin were in correspondence.
