BIB_ID
193538
Accession number
MA 4796
Creator
Leopold, Prince, Duke of Albany, 1853-1884.
Display Date
1872 Dec. 16.
Credit line
Purchase, Gordon N. Ray Fund; 1993.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.7 cm. + with envelope.
Notes
A typed note made by a previous owner has been vigorously erased at the top of p. 1.
Acquired with PML 127559 (Ruskin's The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and its Application to Decoration and Manufacture, delivered in 1858-9. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1859).
On mourning stationery for his father.
Acquired with PML 127559 (Ruskin's The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and its Application to Decoration and Manufacture, delivered in 1858-9. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1859).
On mourning stationery for his father.
Summary
The letter reads, "Dear Mr. Ruskin, I send you the little book of poems which we talked about and which I think will interest you; but I hope you won't think it necessary to read them, unless you find them to your liking. Believe me, dear Mr. Ruskin, yours very sincerely, Leopold"; addressed to Ruskin at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
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