BIB_ID
309149
Accession number
MA 4778.16
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 July 3.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 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 deep happiness at having received a letter from her; telling her that children understand living creatures so much better than older people; saying that he believes that the society should only include children under sixteen and that older children should form a new group called Guards of Living Creatures; wishing he could bring all of the Society to be with him in Coniston.
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