BIB_ID
309150
Accession number
MA 4778.17
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 Oct. 18.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (1 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 his approval that Katie take in the "Branch Society" to "bring the love of animals to the children of the poor;" telling her he's been promised a tame seagull "to take care of all my quill pens and keep the old cat, Tootles, from being too lazy."
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