BIB_ID
309509
Accession number
MA 3881.13
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 Mar. 11.
Credit line
Gift of Warren R. Howell, 1983.
Description
1 item (3 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.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Gift of Warren R. Howell in 1983.
Summary
Expressing great delight at the last shipment, "exquisitely selected and most advantageous in price;" describing the pieces he especially likes; describing the sorts of pieces he would like Butler to acquire for him; saying how "pleasant it is still to have wants when one's an old man."
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