BIB_ID
309498
Accession number
MA 3881.7
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1884-1889] May 7.
Credit line
Gift of Warren R. Howell, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Francis H. Butler and G. F. Watts. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Possible year of writing based on printed notes accompanying the collection.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Possible year of writing based on printed notes accompanying the collection.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Gift of Warren R. Howell in 1983.
Summary
Discussing his desire to have Butler find more micas with iron in them; expressing a preference for small specimens but giving him permission to select large ones that could be broken; sending a carnelian via this post with instructions for its cutting.
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