BIB_ID
311702
Accession number
MA 4708.11
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1871 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Mary Spence. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Ruskin's mother died December 6, 1871.
Written on mourning paper.
Ruskin's mother died December 6, 1871.
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Thanking her for her letter; saying "My mother has been in mortal illness these two months--which ended last Tuesday--leaving me--glad that she is at rest for she has had much pain, and for myself, not more sorry than I have been and since I saw the end was near. Also, I have had already so much pain in my life that less or more is of little court with me. All that I care for is the sense of strength and the power of feeling what is beautiful. Often those also have been lost to me of late years;" adding "please do not send me the flowers. This house is to be broken up."
Catalog link
Department