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Painting -- Conservation and restoration

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John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 late November

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.49
Call Number: MSS 46
Scope and Contents: Ruskin advises Heaton on the preservation of her recently acquired Turner pieces, stating that the Walls of Rome and St Angelo can be displayed, provided they are "securely pasted in at the back." He says that he would not expose the Parnassus at all, for fear of damage by gas. He tells Heaton that candlelight would not damage the works. Turner praises Elizabeth Barrett Browning's ...
Dates: 1856 late 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 late November

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.50
Call Number: MSS 46
Scope and Contents:

"Don't send Parnassus. Gas is poison to pictures & drawings." [Date provided by Surtees: Probably end of November 1856]

Dates: 1856 late 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, 1857 January 24

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.58
Call Number: MSS 46
Scope and Contents: This letter outlines Ruskin's negotiations for two sketches and a vignette, all by Turner, on Heaton's behalf. He begins by reiterating that it is too wet to send the works to her today. Ruskin goes into to great detail about the course of the negotiations. Ruskin ends by praising Turner's Calais depictions and gives Heaton further advice on preserving, mounting and exhibiting the works in her collection. Ruskin details the price for the three works and asks Heaton to let him know as soon as...
Dates: 1857 January 24
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 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

Yale Center for British Art Conservation Department records

 Collection
Call Number: A015
Scope and Contents:

The Conservation department records include general administrative records, such as information for annual reports, priority surveys, surveys of the permanent collection, and documentation of exhibitions and incoming and outgoing loans. Additonally, there are materials used for conservation research, which include samples of carpet and foam.

Dates: 1981-2014
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Institutional Archives > Yale Center for British Art Conservation Department records