BIB_ID
312384
Accession number
MA 7791.3
Creator
Ruskin, Catherine Tweddale, 1763-1817.
Display Date
1805 Apr. 18.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
John James Ruskin was living in London and working for '"Amyand Cornwall Co, a German and Russian House", importers and exporters.
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).
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).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling her son how proud she is of his new position but how worried she is about his health and his lodgings in London; saying that she would have wished he could have settled "at home"; adding "your present situation is certainly a most respectable one and if your health is not impaired by fatigue one which must ultimately be of infinite service to you whether you continue in it or not--there certainly is a chance if you keep your health in London from the respectability of your house that you are placed in a situation which will enable you soon to make your fortune."
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