BIB_ID
310953
Accession number
MA 1940.13
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Gift of James P. Magill, 1958.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Mrs. Hewitt. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Possibly posted on October 12, 1858, but postmark isn't legible enough to date the letter.
Possibly posted on October 12, 1858, but postmark isn't legible enough to date the letter.
Provenance
Gift of James P. Magill in 1958.
Summary
Asking her to send the drawings as he will not be able to visit her until the next week; discussing color in art; saying "It is funny of you--by the way--thinking that you like colour better than I do--when I've been fighting for it all my life;" saying he won't answer her questions about Mr. Young's book but that if she wanted to follow Mr. Young's principles rather than his she should try them; adding, "if you find they will do--go on with them--if not--come back to mine."
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