Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1857 January 29
- Call Number:
- MSS 46
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1857 January 29
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder H.62
- 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 confirms he has received Heaton's notes and says he is glad that she is less disappointed with the sketches than she is with the vignette as "the former are first-rate -- the latter second rate." He admits that the vignette's sky is "very fine" and praises Turner's use of light and representation of storm clouds. He remarks to Heaton that she has "been spoiled by having those toppers of vignettes first" and that he "grudged [her] that <title>Lochmaben</title> exceedingly." Ruskin asks Heaton to find out the story behind the <title>Lochmaben</title> and the identity of the "lady being stabbed.". Ruskin knows of a Lochmaben ballad about a stolen mare but states that it is not the tale represented in the Turner work. Ruskin ends: "Great purchase not concluded yet -- You shall hear soon." [Date provided by Surtees: Thursday, January 29th 1857]
- 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, BritishPhotographyRhetoric
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
- 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/2362735
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2362735?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1