John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux, between 1854 and 1856?
- Call Number:
- MSS 37
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux
- Date:
- between 1854 and 1856?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 5
- 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:
- Ruskin thanks Le Keux for managing things for him. He asks Le Keux not to send him any plates until they are finished but requests that he completes them in the following order: "1 the pine trunk large 2 the cross hatched trunks you [Le Keux] showed me [Ruskin] 3 The plate of trunks from Claudes L.U." [Possibly referring to Plate 2, Drawing of Tree Stems, or Plate 4, Ramifications According to Claude, in Modern Painters Vol. III.]
- Physical Description:
- 1 page : 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/3449671
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449671?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1