BIB_ID
188249
Accession number
MA 14313
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, sender.
Display Date
London, England? 1860? March
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.4 x 11.1 cm
Notes
The "Knight" referred to in the letter is Albrecht Durer's engraving Knight, Death and Devil. "St. Hubert" is Durer's St. Eustace, which was often called St. Hubert. Ruskin presented Thomas Carlyle with a copy of Durer's Melancholia in December 1859, and Ruskin also refers to discussing Durer's Knight with Carlyle in March 1860. Ruskin wrote about both engravings in the fifth volume of Modern Painters, published in 1860.
No place of writing is given on the letter, but from internal evidence it appears to have been written from Ruskin's house in Denmark Hill, London.
Year of writing inferred from contents and related correspondence.
No place of writing is given on the letter, but from internal evidence it appears to have been written from Ruskin's house in Denmark Hill, London.
Year of writing inferred from contents and related correspondence.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Ruskin is vexed to say that he cannot come tonight, but will come next Monday, unless he can coax Mr. C[arlyle] into coming here; "Meantime I've sent St. Hubert to replace the Knight quite safely. I think by keeping them on your walls a little while you may both enjoy all the good of them, which can't be in looking hastily."
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