Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton, 1855 December 4
- Call Number:
- MSS 5
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
- Title(s):
- Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton
- Date:
- 1855 December 4
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Dated letters
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 18
- Provenance:
- Paul Mellon Collection.
- 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:
- Addressed to Lupton at Russell Square. Ruskin conveys instructions to Lupton about plates. He says that he has sent two to be bitten, or incised with acid, and makes specific requests about the depth or fineness of etching in various parts of the image. He asks Lupton to "bite all the rest as finely as you can, so as not to run the finer lines into each other..." He writes that he will not mezzotint this etching, but wants another made for mezzotinting, while the first will be "published as it is." He asks for the plates to be returned after impressions are made. He closes by asking Lupton how he is getting on, and says that he has one more "rather elaborate plate to be done before New Year."
- Physical Description:
- 2 p. (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm. + envelope. Written in pen and black ink.
- Genre:
- Correspondence and Letters
- Subject Terms:
- ArtistsEngraversEngravingEtchersEtchingIllustration of booksMezzotint engraving
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846Lupton, Nevil Oliver, ca. 1830-1915Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873Lupton, Thomas, 1821-1910Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Turner, 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/3203
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3203?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1