Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 October or November
- Call Number:
- MSS 46
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1856 October or November
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder H.43
- 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:
- "I hope to call in Salisbury place on Saturday at one, or thereabouts -- meantime, if you can offer White 170 cash for <title>Alnwick</title> tomorrow, I think he is sure to take it. If he won't take the Alborough [sic] -- which is on the whole the most valuable drawing, but the <title>Alnwick</title> is the most exchangeable one on the market, in case you tire of it." [Date provided by Surtees: October - November 1856]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 page) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 12 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtArt appreciationCollectors and collectingConservation and restorationPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPhotographyRhetoricTurner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851White, David Thomas
- 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/2362717
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362717?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1