The first of VH
's two younger sisters was christened Venetia Margaret
but was known as Venice after The Stones of Venice by Ruskin
, who was also her godfather.
Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Violet Hunt
By eleven, encouraged by their mother, Violet and her sister Venice
were competing for Ruskin
's affections: they referred to him as either the prophet or the Professor. When she was thirteen years old,...
Wealth and Poverty
Violet Hunt
Her death prompted a legal battle over her estate. VH
's sisters, Venetia
and Silvia
, contested the will in an attempt to exclude her from her share of the £23,589 estate. They disapproved of...
Textual Features
Violet Hunt
Hunt's memoirs concentrate predominantly on her creative associations with writers and painters, and her love-affair with writer Ford Madox Ford
during the years between 1908 and 1915.
Hunt, Violet. I Have This to Say. Boni and Liveright.