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Call Number:
MSS 5
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Title(s):
Letter to Thomas Goff Lupton
Date:
1860 January 11
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Dated letters
Part of Collection:
1, folder 39
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Collection.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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:
Written on pale blue ruled paper. Envelope bears Ruskin's red wax seal. Ruskin asks Lupton to engrave "a couple of mezzotints for me for this last volume." He inquires whether such a task would be possible in the next few months, and chides Lupton for not sending word of how he is doing. Ruskin asks whether Lupton can have "what you can spare of my libers [?] packed" when he receives Ruskin's next parcel, so that the bearer can pick them up. On verso of this letter is a message which appears to be from Lupton, in response to Ruskin's. Lupton replies to the bearer's verbal message about Ruskin's note, saying that he will do anything he can for the next volume. The message appears to be cut off, with the note paper torn below a portion of Lupton's writing.
Physical Description:
2 p. (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 20 cm. + envelope. Written in pen and brown ink.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Artists
Engravers
Engraving
Etchers
Etching
Illustration of books
Mezzotint engraving
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846
Lupton, Nevil Oliver, ca. 1830-1915
Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873
Lupton, Thomas, 1821-1910
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
Finding Aid Title:
John Ruskin: Letters to Thomas Goff Lupton
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/22.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3226
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3226?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1