BIB_ID
310965
Accession number
MA 1940.16
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
"Monday morning" [1858 Dec. 11].
Credit line
Gift of James P. Magill, 1958.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Location and date of writing from postmark.
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.
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.
Provenance
Gift of James P. Magill in 1958.
Summary
Saying he is sorry to hear she has been ill; discussing, at great length, that she consider painting heads rather than landscapes; saying she will see her faults more readily than she might in drawing leaves or flowers; discussing, at length, the importance of the shades of colours when painting a head.
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