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Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to "My dear Boy" [John Ruskin Richmond ?], [1873 June 15].

BIB_ID
310569
Accession number
MA 2159.75
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1873 June 15].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (1 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.
Signed "Your affect. Godfather."
The year of writing is inferred from the contents of the letter and also from the author's dating of "Sunday 15th"; June 15, 1873 is a Sunday.
This letter could have been written to either John Ruskin Richmond or Philip Burne-Jones; both were Ruskin's godsons, however, given that this letter is included in a collection of Ruskin letters to Thomas Richmond, it is most probably written to John Ruskin Richmond.
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Telling him he thinks "the watch will be best. What sort have your schoolfellows? I will give you a substantial one, but I don't want to make you envied."