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Autograph letter signed "Papa R" : Brantwood, Coniston, to Katie Goring, [1886 Feb.].

BIB_ID
308929
Accession number
MA 4778.2
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1886 Feb.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Dating from Goring's The Friends of Living Creatures and John Ruskin, p. 26. Erroneously dated Feb. 1885 in a penciled notation on p. 1 of the letter.
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."
Provenance
Sale (Christie's, New York, 20 November 1992, lot 116); purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1992.
Summary
Asking for a member list of the Society; referencing his receipt of a Valentine from "Diamond Eyes."