Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Sara Prinsep, [1854 or earlier].

BIB_ID
309711
Accession number
MA 3881.34
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1854 or earlier].
Credit line
Gift of Warren R. Howell, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 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 a penciled notation on p. 1 and on contents of the letter (John Ruskin's marriage to Effie was annulled in 1854).
Provenance
Lot 287 in an unidentified sale (14 March 1979); gift of Warren R. Howell in 1983.
Summary
Explaining why Effie must decline her invitation to visit and thanking her for her kind note; sending his regards to Watts and asking if he might be free to breakfast with him on Thursday; hoping that she and Watts will go with him to the National Gallery before he and Effie leave town.