Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 late February?
- Call Number:
- MSS 46
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1856 late February?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder H.32
- 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 asks Heaton to inform him if she receives his letter as he wants to be sure she will not allow "the pictures" to be seen. Ruskin makes arrangements to have the Rossetti works recently purchased by Heaton displayed for exhibition, explaining all correspondence relating to the matter should be address to Rossetti. Ruskin tells Heaton that he has recently recovered from a two-week bout of illness which has thrown him "much into arrear.". In a postscript, Ruskin describes some vignettes he has viewed as "both very bad" and tells Heaton that "the Bacharach you liked" and Turner's <title>Corinth from the Acropolis</title> are both good but not equal to Heaton's vignettes. [Date provided by Surtees: ? Latter half of February 1856]
- 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, BritishPhotographyRhetoricTurner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Bacharach on the RhineTurner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Corinth from the Acropolis
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
- 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/2362707
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362707?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1