BIB_ID
311144
Accession number
MA 1940.35
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
"(Shortest day)"[1862] Dec. [21].
Credit line
Gift of James P. Magill, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 21.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks (stamps have been cut out) and addressed to "Mrs. Hewitt / 28 Upper Gower St / W.C. / London / Angleterre."
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.
The Winter Solstice in 1862 fell on Sunday, December 21 and this letter is dated accordingly. The year of writing is taken from the 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.
The Winter Solstice in 1862 fell on Sunday, December 21 and this letter is dated accordingly. The year of writing is taken from the postmark.
Provenance
Gift of James P. Magill in 1958.
Summary
Apologizing for not being able to visit her before he left London; saying that he will be in Geneva "for some time;" saying that if he is able to get any autographs of interest for her he will bring them back but he has none "worth speaking of, except Carlyle's."
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