BIB_ID
312290
Accession number
MA 7791.1
Display Date
1776 Feb. 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) : vellum ; 15.5 cm
Notes
Original indenture enrolled in the Chamber of London on June 11, 1776.
Part of a collection of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood.. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
With a manuscript note on the verso, signed by William Bedell, transferring his apprenticeship to William Chatfield on April 5, 1780.
Part of a collection of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood.. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
With a manuscript note on the verso, signed by William Bedell, transferring his apprenticeship to William Chatfield on April 5, 1780.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Being a printed indenture, completed in manuscript, apprenticing John Thomas Ruskin, grandfather of John Ruskin, for a period of seven years from February 7, 1776 to Robert Walker, "Citizen and Vintner of London;" being signed by John Thomas Ruskin and William Bedell, with the Royal Seal of King George III.
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