BIB_ID
311053
Accession number
MA 1940.25
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1860 Oct. 11].
Credit line
Gift of James P. Magill, 1958.
Description
1 item (2 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
Expressing great sadness; saying "I happen to be very sick at heart tonight; saying "As for what I have--I read it otherwise than you--A name--little enough--for ever blemished--even in its littleness--works--which have cost me much and are--nothing--unworthy ambitions--paltry troubles--broken health--age in perspective with its crutches--beyond that--Nothing. If I could only draw the veil over the nightfear of the Venus de Medici, I shouldn't mind, but I can't."
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