BIB_ID
310289
Accession number
MA 2159.41
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1868 Nov. 17.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Thomas Richmond. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S.E."
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S.E."
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Telling him he has heard from a business friend in the West Indies that his 13 year old son has died and the father would like to commission a portrait of him; wondering if he would be interested and if he is not, could he recommend someone who might like the commission.
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