BIB_ID
309161
Accession number
MA 4778.26
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1888 Feb. 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 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.
There is no indication of place of writing; Katie Goring indicates in 'The Friends of Living Creatures and John Ruskin' (p. 29) that the "stamp-mark was unfamiliar."
There is no indication of place of writing; Katie Goring indicates in 'The Friends of Living Creatures and John Ruskin' (p. 29) that the "stamp-mark was unfamiliar."
Provenance
Sale (Christie's, New York, 20 November 1992, lot 116); purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1992.
Summary
Apologizing for not answering her letters but telling her he has been ill; telling her about his cat, Jim and his dog,Bets; saying he would be happy to hear of any special pets of the Society.
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