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Call Number:
MSS 37
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 61
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use:
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:
Includes sketch at top of letter which indicates layout of lettering for Plate 32 in Modern Painters IV. "I forgot this morning to enclose the above lettering for the double plate. The "Aguille Drawing" must be smaller in letter -- and the "Turnerian" more so -- follow the Windmill title for pattern." ["Aiguille Drawing" refers to Plate 32 in Modern Painters Vol. IV. "Windmill" refers to Plate 19, The Picturesque of Windmills, in Modern Painters Vol. IV.]
Physical Description:
1 page : autograph letter, signed ; 13 x 18 cm
Genre:
Correspondence , Photographs, Albumen prints, and Drawings (visual works)
Subject Terms:
Engravers
Engraving
Illustration of books
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Modern painters
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Oxford Museum
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900
Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Finding Aid Title:
John Ruskin letters to John Henry Le Keux
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449689
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449689?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1