BIB_ID
435375
Accession number
MA 14342.5
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery reading: Brantwood, / Coniston, Lancashire.
Year of writing inferred from content. Ruskin was working on his model of the Old Man of Coniston with his gardener Dawson Herdson in 1881.
This letter refers to a model of the topography around Coniston, including the nearby mountain the Old Man of Coniston, which Ruskin was working on with his gardener Dawson Hersdon in 1881.
Year of writing inferred from content. Ruskin was working on his model of the Old Man of Coniston with his gardener Dawson Herdson in 1881.
This letter refers to a model of the topography around Coniston, including the nearby mountain the Old Man of Coniston, which Ruskin was working on with his gardener Dawson Hersdon in 1881.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Glad to hear that Victor [Marshall, Julia's brother] liked his Old Man [a model that Ruskin was working on of the nearby mountain, the Old Man of Coniston]. He is all [Ruskin's gardener, Dawson] Hersdon's doing, really. He only saw the first mapping and hewed out a tarn or two. Ruskin would like to come say goodbye anytime in the afternoon tomorrow, around five. In a postcript, Ruskin adds that he doesn't care how much more of Kathleen there is, if only he could get any of her there.
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