BIB_ID
309160
Accession number
MA 4778.25
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1886 Dec. 31.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.4 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
Wishing her a Happy New Year and telling her she would delight in seeing all the birds at Brantwood; sending his best wishes to the Society and saying he is "still its proud Papa--if they'll have me."
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