John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux, between 1855 and 1856?
- Call Number:
- MSS 37
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux
- Date:
- between 1855 and 1856?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 33-34
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The collection is open without restriction.
- 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 asks how Le Keux is getting on with printing. He says that he has been comparing two impression of Le Keux's plate of "Early Mountain Naturalism", commenting that he likes the darkest the most. [Probably referring to Plate 13, First Mountain Naturalism, in Modern Painters Vol. III; see Ruskin's sketch in letter p. 17.] He instructs Le Keux to print the remainder of the plates in black ink. Ruskin remarks that "it don't matter a bit having a difference between early and late copies of the book -- people may choose which they like best." He states that if there is any difficulty printing in black, Le Keux should print in grey. Ruskin asks Le Keux to finish 2500 impressions of Ruskin's own etching as soon as he can "after supplying Messrs Smith & Elder [Ruskin's publisher] with what they want...." In a postscript, he wishes Le Keux a merry Christmas.
- Physical Description:
- 2 pages : autograph letter, signed ; 18 x 11 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Photographs, Albumen prints, and Drawings (visual works)
- Subject Terms:
- EngraversEngravingIllustration of booksRuskin, John, 1819-1900. Modern paintersRuskin, John, 1819-1900. Oxford Museum
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
- Finding Aid Title:
- John Ruskin letters to John Henry Le Keux
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11772.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449678
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449678?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1