BIB_ID
309158
Accession number
MA 4778.23
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1886 May 4.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 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
Replying to Katie's letter telling him that she'd been to the Albert Hall to hear her first oratorio, Handel's Messiah; disparaging the experience saying that "these vast concerts are merely mob's noise -- rage--vanity--waste of money--and life--and fearfully bad for little girls;" advising her to "learn to sing yourself--carefully, modestly, feelingly; suggesting that she "see that music is made the minister and tutor of the poor--not the passion and pride of the rich."
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