BIB_ID
309034
Accession number
MA 4778.4
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1885 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 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."
Dating from penciled notation on p.1.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Dating from penciled notation on p.1.
Provenance
Sale (Christie's, New York, 20 November 1992, lot 116); purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1992.
Summary
Praising Katie on how perfectly written her last letter was; delighting in hearing that Katie had seen snow come down on her recent trip to Switzerland.
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