BIB_ID
309602
Accession number
MA 3881.29
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1887 May 19.
Credit line
Gift of Warren R. Howell, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 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
Thanking him for the lovely specimens he sent; apologizing for not looking at them until now; explaining that he has been occupied with "fights" at Oxford and Sheffield --"and everywhere;" expressing displeasure at his purchase of "costly titanium;" informing him it will be returned.
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