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Autograph letter signed : The Downs, to John James Ruskin, " Saturday Evening" [1833 Nov. 30].

BIB_ID
312664
Accession number
MA 7791.31
Creator
Richardson, Charles Thomas, 1811-1834.
Display Date
" Saturday Evening" [1833 Nov. 30].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Address panel addressed to "John Ruskin, Esq. / No. 7 Billiter St / City."
Date of writing inferred from contents.
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
Informing him of his safe arrival in the Downs after severe winds at sea.