Henry Acland letter to John Ruskin [?], March 1859
- Call Number:
- MSS 37
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Title(s):
- Henry Acland letter to John Ruskin [?]
- Date:
- March 1859
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 157-160
- 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:
- Acland thanks Ruskin [?] for his "beautiful vignette." He tells him that he thinks that they should make few additions. Acland asks him to compare the section of his sketch of the column frontispiece vignette labelled "A" with its photograph asking "is not the dark stone above too much arched in the engraving[?]" Acland requests that he ascertains from Messrs. Smith and Elder the particulars of [...] "striking off" and the size of the page.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages : autograph letter, signed ; 19 x 12 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/3449723
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449723?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1