Rose La Touche (1848–1875) was the pupil, cherished student, "pet", and ideal from which John Ruskin based Sesame and Lilies (1865).
Read more about Rose La Touche: Introduction To John Ruskin, Childhood, "Romantic" Relationship With Ruskin, Death
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