Richmond, Thomas, 1802-1874

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 May 19?

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.11

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents: Ruskin is writing from his bed. He advises Heaton to acquire a Turner, remarking that Turner's Parnassus and Castle St Angelo is better than his Berne, with the Parnassus the "finest." Ruskin advises Heaton to protect the Parnassus from light. He suggests she commissions work from both John William Inchbold and Arthur Hughes. He admits he has not...

Dates: 1855 May 19?

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 May

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.12

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents:

Ruskin expresses his distaste that David Thomas White (art dealer) has offered Turner's Parnassus to Heaton for a price higher than the 50 guineas he offered to Ruskin. Ruskin tells Heaton to mention to White that she knows that White gave Ruskin a better price because "he will come down immediately." Ruskin says that White showed him Richmond's Alborough but that he doesn't care for it. [Date provided by Surtees: May 1855]

Dates: 1855 May

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 October or November

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.45

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents:

"I really am not such a wretch as I seem to be -- I do want to see you & thank you very much & hear about poor Mr Richmond -- but I have been shaky and breakdownish this last week -- obliged to be idle & think of nothing. Can you come out here to lunch & for a quiet talk on Thursday next -- about ½ past one? if not -- I will come & see you instead -- but come if you can." [Date provided by Surtees: October - November 1856]

Dates: 1856 October or November

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 December 13

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.51

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents: Ruskin tells Heaton that he has been enjoying Turner's Aldborough at a viewing by Thomas Richmond. He remarks: "it is most beautiful and it gives [him] intense pleasure to have it a little while by [him]." Ruskin gives Heaton the dates for her vignettes (1832 and 1833), stating that the drawings date from about a year earlier. Ruskin comments that they "are characteristic of Turners late middle period when everybody was already mocking & laughing...

Dates: 1856 December 13

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1858 November

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.78

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents: Ruskin says he had hoped to come into town but couldn't manage it. Ruskin says he can't believe that Heaton has returned home and is preparing to travel again in the time since they last met. Ruskin expresses his envy that Heaton was able to see the Brownings, remarking that he had sent a letter to Elizabeth Barrett Browning a month ago but that he has no time to write letters at the moment. He asks Heaton to send his love to the Brownings and to tell them that he will write to them soon,...

Dates: 1858 November

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton

John Ruskin letter to Thomas Richmond, 1850s?

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: add.2

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents:

"Can you favour us at six, Wednesday 1 June with your company to dinner and oblige?"

Dates: 1850s?

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Miscellaneous

John Ruskin letter to Thomas Richmond, 1856 or 1857?

Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: add.3

Call Number: MSS 46

Scope and Contents:

"I shall be delighted to look at the Mont Blancs, for my own personal pleasure no less than for all other reasons, but you don't tell me the name of the artist, nor when I can see them. I am coming to see you very soon bringing Miss Heaton's glorious drawing with me -- Aldbourough. I hope you will enjoy it -- when you can look at it constantly and easily. Love to you all. I am sincerely sorry to hear of your continued illness."

Dates: 1856 or 1857?

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Miscellaneous

John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton

Collection

Call Number: MSS 46

Abstract:

The collection comprises letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton, written from 1855 to 1864.

Dates: 1850-1864, bulk 1855-1864

Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton

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John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 May 19?

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 May

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 October or November

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 December 13

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1858 November

John Ruskin letter to Thomas Richmond, 1850s?

John Ruskin letter to Thomas Richmond, 1856 or 1857?

John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton

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