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Call Number:
MSS 5
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Title(s):
Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton
Date:
1855 November 5
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Dated letters
Part of Collection:
1, folder 15
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Collection.
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 asks Lupton to "kindly compare [the] enclosed etching with drawing, and give it to Boys with directions as to the way you would like it bitten..." He follows with further specifications about the biting of the plate, which he wishes to be done in such a way as to allow him to make a low toned mezzotint. He asks Lupton to have Boys finish this plate before one entitled "Nottingham," and tells him that he will bring Mr Cousins's check when he next calls. Ruskin mentions that he is writing to his publishers to have a copy of <emph render="italic">Stones of Venice</emph> sent to Lupton. The "Nottingham" image would be published in the fourth volume of <emph render="italic">Modern Painters</emph>.
Physical Description:
2 p. (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm. + envelope. Written in pen and black ink. Previously housed with ALS and envelope labeled "Dec 3" (Box 1, Folder 17).
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Artists
Engravers
Engraving
Etchers
Etching
Illustration of books
Mezzotint engraving
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846
Lupton, Nevil Oliver, ca. 1830-1915
Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873
Lupton, Thomas, 1821-1910
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Finding Aid Title:
John Ruskin: Letters to Thomas Goff Lupton
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/22.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3200
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3200?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1