John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux, between 1855 and 1856?
- 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 95-96
- 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:
- Ruskin says that he has never experienced so little difficulty with an engraver and asks if Le Keux will make amendments to an engraving produced for Ruskin by another engraver. He instructs Le Keux to print plate 27, "The Aspen &tc." [referring to Plate 27 in Modern Painters Vol. IV, The Aspen Under Idealization] now that it is correct. Ruskin asks Le Keux to send him the steel of plate 37 as there is now no time to have it mezzotinted in time. Ruskin asks Le Keux to coat it with tallow to protect it.
- 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/3449704
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449704?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1