BIB_ID
311878
Accession number
MA 7788.34
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1885 July 8.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters primarily from John Ruskin and Joan Severn to Dr. and Mrs. Simon. 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
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing his autobiography and saying it will be beautiful "if it is dated thus out of my head and heart! with no corrections;" trying to clarify his memory of the date of a certain painting; referring to his efforts as "word painting."
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