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Call Number:
MSS 46
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Title(s):
John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
Date:
1856 early March
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder H.33
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 tells Heaton that Rossetti has received both of the works she sent for the exhibition. Ruskin reiterates that all correspondence relating to the exhibition should be addressed to Rossetti. Ruskin asks Heaton how much she would be willing to pay for a work by Turner, telling her it is likely to be between £180 to £200 and enquires whether he should secure a good work by Turner as soon as he finds one. [Date provided by Surtees: Early March 1856]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (2 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
Art
Art appreciation
Collectors and collecting
Conservation and restoration
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Photography
Rhetoric
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Turner, 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/2362708
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362708?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1