Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton, [late 1850s]
- Call Number:
- MSS 5
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
- Title(s):
- Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton
- Date:
- [late 1850s]
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Undated letters
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 57
- 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. Referring to the plate they are working on, Ruskin asks Lupton to "bite the tinting on the shells with <emph render="underline">extreme</emph> delicacy..." He asks for four proofs of the plate, after Lupton has worked on it, and tells him to keep the plate "for further directions." Ruskin writes: "I send you Rizpah," which likely connects this letter to the late 1850s, the time during which he was writing the fifth volume of <emph render="italic">Modern Painters</emph>, part of which discusses this Turner painting. Ruskin mentions three other pieces, "Source of Arve_on," "Aesaeus & Hesperi[e/a]," and "Cephalus & Procris," which he offers to lend Lupton for as long as he needs them, saying, "I shall make you pay me five pounds each so you may insure if you like."
- Physical Description:
- 2 p. (1 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/3246
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3246?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1