BIB_ID
309047
Accession number
MA 4778.8
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1885] Apr. 22.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Dating of year from penciled notation on p.1.
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."
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
Expressing sympathy at hearing she has had a bad cold; commenting on her stories and saying he will read them again and "return with advice;" expressing happiness that a boy of 16 wants to join "a children's society" and telling her she might even "allow old people" to join.
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