John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux, between 1855 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 1855 and 1856?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 19-20
- 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 says he is very pleased with Le Keux's work and that he is "especially delighted with my [Ruskin's] own etching violet and azure in distance." Ruskin has sent a request to a "Mr. Brooker" to send Le Keux the plate as soon as it is lettered and asks if Le Keux could print the plate in two tints. He says he would like to see one print with the black in the foreground and blue black in the distance as Ruskin "is not quite sure about the violet." Ruskin says that Le Keux's unfinished print is so good that he "need not touch it any more." He goes on to say that the plate Le Keux altered is "now quite nice" and asks if it could be sent to "Mr. Armytage" [James Charles Armytage] to be lettered.
- 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/3449677
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449677?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1