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Autograph letter signed with initials : Oxford, to Mary Spence, [year not specified] Mar 9.

BIB_ID
311722
Accession number
MA 4708.19
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[year not specified] Mar 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 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 "Corpus Christi College / Oxford" and embossed with the image of "Pelican in her Piety".
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying that he did give his full attention to Granite's work but that he should have lessons; adding that "he must not go on expecting to learn either drawing or any other art by mere determination and without help."