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 : Brantwood, Coniston, to George Frederick Watts, 1885 Feb. 23.

BIB_ID
310036
Accession number
MA 3881.52
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 Feb. 23.
Credit line
Gift of Warren R. Howell, 1983.
Description
1 item ( 2 p.) ; 17.6 cm + envelope
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."
Provenance
Lot 287 in an unidentified sale (14 March 1979); gift of Warren R. Howell in 1983.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter and interest and his "impartial and unselfish praise;" hoping that "health will return to you soon;" saying his own world is more cheerful when he is well and can work.