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Call Number:
MSS 46
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Title(s):
John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
Date:
1855 December 30
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder H.29
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 Undetermined

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 wishes Heaton a happy new year. Ruskin gives further hints to Heaton about "Dante's riddle,", expanding on the idea that Beatrice and Matilda represent the "Active and Contemplative faculties" and musing upon Dante's meaning. Ruskin tells Heaton that Rossetti's <title>Francesca</title> arrived with him safely and that he is glad that the work was well-received in Heaton's circle. Ruskin tells Heaton that she cannot yet commission any work from Elizabeth Siddall, who is too ill to draw. Ruskin has assisted Siddall to go to Nice for the winter and hopes that she will paint some works of the "blue sea & orange groves" for him. Ruskin asks Heaton to allow him to mentor Siddall further before purchasing any of her work and instead encourages Heaton to commission work from one of his pupils who, for financial reasons, is unable to work full-time as an artist. Ruskin apologizes for using foolscap for his letter instead of notepaper, admitting it is easier for him to write on the former. Ruskin sends his best wishes for the new year.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (2 pages) : autograph letter ; 32 x 20 cm
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
Art
Art appreciation
Collectors and collecting
Conservation and restoration
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Photography
Rhetoric
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Paolo and Francesca da Rimini
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Siddall, Elizabeth
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/2362703
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362703?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1