Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 December
- Call Number:
- MSS 46
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1855 December
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder H.27
- 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:
- The 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 admits that time constraints mean that his letter is late and "hastily" written. He asks Heaton about the positioning of the proofs of the latest Bolton Abbey photographs and enquires after a bridge, mentioned in Heaton's last letter to him, which has apparently been built since Ruskin's last visit to the area. Ruskin asks Heaton to arrange for another two photographs to be taken, with a view from Holme Terrace. Ruskin says Heaton can return Rossetti's <title>Francesca</title> with the photographs but that there is no rush. [Date provided by Surtees: December 1855]
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (3 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtArt appreciationCollectors and collectingConservation and restorationPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPhotographyRhetoricRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Paolo and Francesca da Rimini
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Bolton Abbey (Bolton Abbey, England)Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882Ruskin, 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/2362701
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362701?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1