Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Hewitt, 1859 Jan. 31.

BIB_ID
190952
Accession number
MA 4787 (4)
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1859 Jan. 31.
Credit line
Purchase; Gordon N. Ray Fund; 1993.
Description
1 item (3 p.), 2 l. + envelope
Summary
Denying that he is ungrateful to God: "If He made a Turner of me & gave me five hundred years of life, I should be no more [the word "more" underlined] grateful than I am now. For as far as I understand, it costs Him nothing," and illustrating his point with an anecdote about a queen and a beggar.