Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 October?
- Call Number:
- MSS 46
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1855 October?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder H.17
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, The material passed from Ellen Heaton to her nephew John Heaton, and subsequently to his brother Beresford Heaton, then to Katherine Ogilvy Heaton, and finally to Elizabeth Maud Sackville Robertson. Sold at auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, July 16, 1969 (see catalog entry no. 117).
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Ruskin thanks Heaton for plums she sent to his family. Ruskin praises examples of Heaton's writing she had sent to him but admits that he has only been able to read one piece. Ruskin advises that "[Heaton] may make it funnier & more useful by making it shorter" and that she "would write very nice & useful things in a little while but [she] want[s] a little training.". Ruskin asks if he can keep the articles until Christmas, to give him time to read them properly. [Date provided by Surtees: ? October 1855; letter marked "Friday morning"]
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (3 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 11 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtArt appreciationCollectors and collectingConservation and restorationPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPhotographyRhetoric
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- Finding Aid Title:
- John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5850.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362692
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362692?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1