BIB_ID
308924
Accession number
MA 4778.1
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 Jan. 22.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Katie Goring. 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
Sale (Christie's, New York, 20 November 1992, lot 116); purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1992.
Summary
Expressing delight at being asked by Goring to be the Patron of the Society of Friends of Living Creatures; requesting that she call him "Papa"; indicating he will send her a sketch he made of an avocet and a small study of antelope.
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