BIB_ID
310357
Accession number
MA 2159.54
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1871 Dec. 26.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.0 cm + envelope
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." and dated "Xmas 71."
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, / S.E." and dated "Xmas 71."
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Wishing him a Happy Christmas; saying how happy he is with the news of Mr. Wollaston and Constance; saying he is "panic struck" at the "smooth road to the water;" asking that he do "nothing whatever" at Brantwood until he comes because "half my pleasure would be gone if I had not that all to do myself. And let no trees be cut--nothing touched that will stand, in walls; no weeds pulled up--except in this carriage drive and on the lawn."
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