Ruskin Letters

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ADD 117
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Ruskin Letters
Date(s)	: c1844
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: Ruskin | John | 1819-1900 | author, artist and social reformer
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Ruskin was born 8 February 1819. He was educated privately, then went to Christ Church Oxford, otaining his BA 1842 and MA in 1843. He was Rede Lecturer at Cambridge in 1867, and Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford from 1870 to 1879 and 1882 to 1884. He was an honorary member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1873. He was also a member of several foreign Academies. Ruskin produced numerous publications, many about painting and architecture. He died on 20 January 1900.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Five letters of John Ruskin to the Rev Walter Lucas Brown on watercolour painting; letter to Miss Brown.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Collection level description.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

University College London Special Collections also holds seven letters of John Ruskin, 1847-[1850], among the papers of Samuel Rogers (Ref: SHARPE 16/13-22, 17/44); two letters to Edwin Chadwick and a letter from Chadwick to Ruskin [1872] (Ref: CHADWICK 1730).

For further correspondence and papers of John Ruskin, see the National Register of Archives.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Oct 2001