Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 late November
- Call Number:
- MSS 46
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1856 late November
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder H.49
- 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 advises Heaton on the preservation of her recently acquired Turner pieces, stating that the <title>Walls of Rome</title> and <title>St Angelo</title> can be displayed, provided they are "securely pasted in at the back." He says that he would not expose the <title>Parnassus</title> at all, for fear of damage by gas. He tells Heaton that candlelight would not damage the works. Turner praises Elizabeth Barrett Browning's <title>Aurora Leigh</title> as the "finest [poem] in the English language." He has lost the Brownings' Florence address and asks Heaton to send it to him. Ruskin exclaims: "NO CHALK from anybody" and says he will look at some Maddox Brown water colours and tell Heaton about them - he is not quite sure about them at the present moment. In a postscript, Ruskin tells Heaton she doesn't need to be as careful with Turner's <title>Aldborough</title> which is "not one half so delicate as the vignettes.". [Date provided by Surtees: End of November 1856]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (2 pages) : 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. Aldborough, SuffolkTurner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Castle of St AngeloTurner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Parnassus and Castalian SpringTurner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Walls of Rome with the Tomb of Caius Sestus
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Ruskin, 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/2362723
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362723?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1