Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Fragment of an autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [an unknown godchild], undated .

BIB_ID
310597
Accession number
MA 2159.79
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
undated .
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 8.9 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.
Ruskin signs this fragment "Ever your faithful Godfather"
Ruskin's godchildren included Constance Oldham, John Ruskin Richmond and Philip Burne-Jones.
This letter fragment consists only of the lower half of a single sheet with the message on one side and Ruskin's signature on the reverse.
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Saying "we must put a proper quantity of heart into any work and take it as it comes. Today I can only acknowledge your letter. I will reconsider it."