Research Catalog

Title

John Ruskin manuscript material : 9 items, ca. 1857-1874.

Author

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allingham, William, 1824-1889
• Bezzi, Giovanni Aubrey
• Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
• Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

9 items

Summary

• · To William Allingham, poet : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Sep 1864 : (MISC 1412a) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Denmark Hill, S.E. (embossed stationery) : begins, "I have been at Verona and Venice -- my letters all unanswered for months ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Whit Monday" [no year] : (MISC 1412b) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire (embossed stationery) : begins, "I am so [heavily?] obliged to you for sending me Fraser ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Nov [no year] : (MISC 1412c) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Denmark Hill, S.E. (embossed stationery) : begins, "I am -- alas -- on the very eve of leaving for Oxford ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1868 : (MISC 1412d) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Could you lunch with me about ¹/₂ past one -- tomorrow?"; with the postmarked envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday afternoon" [watermark = 1857] : (MISC 1412e) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I am very sorry I was out to day ..." -- All letters to Allingham mounted within the album of Fifty-nine Autograph Letters to William Allingham. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Allingham."
• · To Giovanni Aubrey Bezzi, secretary of the Arundel Society : 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" : (MISC 4023.22a) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Park St. : begins, "Many thanks for your kind note. I shall leave the matter in your hands ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble Autograph Album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes.
• · To George Cruikshank, graphic artist : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jan [no year] : (MISC 0956) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Herne Hill, Dulwich : begins, "It is a sad long way to ask you to come on a winters night ..."
• · To Benjamin Jowett, master of Balliol College : 16 Nov 1874 : (MISC 0823) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Corpus Christi College, Oxford (embossed stationery) : begins, "Yes, indeed I shall be delighted to come on Saturday ..."
• · To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter (fragment) : [no date] : (MISC 1743) : 1 page (partial sheet) : [no place] : begins, "... and puzzled me. I will show them a simpler way when I come on Friday ..."

Subjects

• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 > Correspondence
• Critics > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Art critics > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Ruskin, English art critic and social critic.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

862949636

Author

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.

Title

John Ruskin manuscript material : 9 items, ca. 1857-1874.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

John Ruskin, English art critic and social critic.

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Added Author

Allingham, William, 1824-1889, recipient.

Bezzi, Giovanni Aubrey, recipient.

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, recipient.

Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893, recipient.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS