BIB_ID
311716
Accession number
MA 4708.13
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[year not specified] Apr. 30.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 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.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Responding to her request to help someone who is looking for a job; saying "I am absolutely powerless as to employment--I only teach;" but saying she should have him come to Oxford; saying "You wish me peace--I never have any, really."
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