BIB_ID
308792
Accession number
MA 1406.12
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1884].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1952.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Dating: This letter was clearly written at the start of Ruskin's relationship with Damon and before he knew he was a dealer in stones; from a subsequent letter in the collection it is apparent that the year is 1884.
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
Informing Damon that he has been "wholly misinformed" about his collection and that "my crystals are such as you may see any day in the British Museums" except for two which are made unique by his ways of cutting; informing Damon that he is "much too occupied at present" to show the collection but hopes he enjoys his visit to Coniston "in such a pleasant season" and suggesting he attend "the meeting of the Mineralogical Society in Edinburgh on the 24th" so that he may "see a selection of my agates at your leisure."
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