John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1855 November 12?
Scope and Contents
Ruskin tells Heaton he has sent her the Rossetti works which he suggests she look at extensively but that she should "keep them locked up -- lest the one should be laughed at for its errors." He remarks that Rossetti's Francesca di Rimini is a "bold -- but perfectly true reading of Dante.". He tells Heaton that he is going to make Rossetti redo Guinevere & Lancelot "without mistakes" and that he will keep "the best of the two" and let Heaton have the other. Ruskin explains that Turner's Parnassus depicts a scene in the afternoon, not at noon and, in a postscript, remarks that the work's "immediate foreground shadows" are "indefensible ... [Turner] was very careless about scientific matters." [Date provided by Surtees: ? November 12th 1855]
Dates
- 1855 November 12?
Creator
Physical Description
1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Arthur’s Tomb
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Paolo and Francesca da Rimini
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Correspondence
- Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
- Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Parnassus and Castalian Spring
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