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Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to Robert Damon, [1885] Apr. 24.

BIB_ID
308780
Accession number
MA 1406.10
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1885] Apr. 24.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1952.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Dating: Year of writing based on internal evidence; Ruskin references Wednesday, May 6th. May 6th fell on a Wednesday in 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."
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
Indicating that he will stay at home on Wednesday, May 6th so that Damon can come "whenever it is convenient"; chiding Damon for "the mistake last year was in not giving me the slightest notion who you were."