BIB_ID
310041
Accession number
MA 3881.54
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1885].
Credit line
Gift of Warren R. Howell, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Dating from penciled notation on p. 1.
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.
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.
Provenance
Lot 287 in an unidentified sale (14 March 1979); gift of Warren R. Howell in 1983.
Summary
Expressing pleasure at receiving his letter; fearing he had displeased him by his last letter; thanking him for his promise of help for St. George; saying that the cause of separation between "any of us" is "really in the conditions of society, which are all artificial and uncomfortable; expressing gratitude for his friendship.
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