BIB_ID
310354
Accession number
MA 2159.53
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[after 1871 Dec. 6].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Date of writing inferred from contents of the letter; Ruskin's mother died on December 6, 1871.
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.
This letter was formerly accompanied by an envelope with stamp and postmarks (London, Dec. 5, 1871 and Windermere, Dec. 6, 1871) and addressed to "Thos. Richmond, Esq. / Park Range / Windermere;" however, this envelope could not have enclosed the present letter.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston."
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.
This letter was formerly accompanied by an envelope with stamp and postmarks (London, Dec. 5, 1871 and Windermere, Dec. 6, 1871) and addressed to "Thos. Richmond, Esq. / Park Range / Windermere;" however, this envelope could not have enclosed the present letter.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston."
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter; saying he has had "some pleasant walks lately and am quite sure that I cannot be so well anywhere else in the world as I am and shall be here;" saying that Joanie [Joan Agnew] is well and how important she is to him; saying "I live more with my father and mother dead than ever when they were alive. They used to cross me and say absurd things, but my father's letters and diaries are very precious and if ever I have a pleasant walk, I still write an imaginary account of it to my mother;" saying that his work at Oxford takes up more time than he expected but that he hopes it will eventually be good work.
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