BIB_ID
308564
Accession number
MA 1406.1
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1884-1885].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1952.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Dating: Ruskin's correspondence with Damon, in this collection, dates from 1884 to 1885.
Part of a small collection of letters from John Ruskin to the mineralogist and dealer in stones Robert Damon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston, Lancashire."
Part of a small collection of letters from John Ruskin to the mineralogist and dealer in stones Robert Damon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston, Lancashire."
Provenance
Listed in a 1910 Maggs catalog (cat. 262, lot 839); and in a 1952 Carnegie Bookshop catalog (cat. 167, lot 374); gift of DeCoursey Fales in 1952.
Summary
Concerning Damon's visit the following day.
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