BIB_ID
308773
Accession number
MA 1406.9
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 Dec. 31.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1952.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm + envelope
Notes
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."
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
Apologizing for being too busy to tend to this transaction; indicating that he believes that the enclosed list of the minerals he kept is accurate; noting he will correct anything that is wrong; wishing him a good new year and "many finds."
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