BIB_ID
310475
Accession number
MA 2159.59
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1872 Oct. 13.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Location and date of writing from postmark; there is a inked note, in an unidentified hand, at the top of p. 1 saying "the last letter which came from DH [Denmark Hill].
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."
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."
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Saying he is off to Rome "to let old Mr. Severn see his daughter-in-law;" saying that he needs to see Michael Angelo [sic]; saying that "Connie's wild with expectation of balls and moonlight flirting in the Coliseum--with, I suppose, a lover in every arch;" saying "then we're coming 'home' to Brantwood" and noting that Joan has never seen Brantwood.
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