John Ruskin letter to John Henry Le Keux, 22nd; 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:
- 22nd; between 1855 and 1856?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 41-42
- 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 has not yet been able to examine Le Keux's recently sent prints but that he thinks there will be little to be altered in them save for a lightening of "the right hand trunk." Ruskin asks if Le Keux thinks he can complete another plate before Christmas which would contain two towers. Ruskin indicates the size of the wall to be featured between the two towers via a sketch measuring 6.3 x 4 cm. The image is to be copied from a daguerreotype and to feature "a little bit of mountain top and three shaded pillars." Ruskin says he does not think the plate should be troublesome but that it will involve a good amount of work. [Ruskin's sketch and reference relates to figure 2 in Plate 25, Things in General, in Modern Painters Vol. IV.]
- 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/3449682
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449682?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1