BIB_ID
309123
Accession number
MA 4778.14
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1885 June] .
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Dating 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.
Possibly written in London.
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.
Possibly written in London.
Provenance
Sale (Christie's, New York, 20 November 1992, lot 116); purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1992.
Summary
Expressing his desire to see Katie again and others in the Society; wishing they could have "tea and shrimps, officially, altogether--some day?; saying that "it's too nice to be possible, I'm afraid;" asking what is Cyprus Silver; saying they must have pure silver for their badges and he will send her some native silver to "keep you in crosses--small, but pure."
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