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Call Number:
MSS 5
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Title(s):
Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton
Date:
[circa 1845-1873]
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Undated letters
Part of Collection:
1, folder 65
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:
Letter is dated "March 28" in graphite on last verso, but there is little indication of the year of this item. Ruskin calls Lupton's attention to the "ingeniously" fastened pasteboard protector on a plate that was presumably carried with this message (not sent by post). He gives Lupton instructions for biting the plate, with very specific details comparing the work to be done with that done on the last plate. Ruskin requests four proofs, and for Lupton to ground the plate for more etching. He declares; "I want to put some subject into the blank spaces," and tells Lupton that afterward, he will "<emph render="underline">finish all</emph> up with a transparent ground..."
Physical Description:
2 p. (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm. Written in pen and black ink, with graphite date "March 28" written on last verso.
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/3254
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3254?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1