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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Jan 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Jan 11.

Telling him that he is happy to know that all is going well with his house; saying that "I confess to a little pleasure of malice in hearing that your own architect is not yet forthcoming, seeing how you poohpoohed mine!"

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1869 Jan. 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1869 Jan. 21.

Thanking him for his letter; describing his depression and deep sadness; saying that "you never can know how I have failed unless you knew what I ought to have been--and hoped to have accomplished--nor do I think you can estimate the exhaustion of hope and temper, during the disappointment of the deeper affections again and again--during thirty five years; ending at last with the fairest, longest, hope--and the most cruel sharpness of its death;" saying that he hopes "to say a few things that people won't like--nor forget--at the Royal Institution this week. Nothing does me as much good as a little row--or depresses me so awfully as forgiving my enemies."

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Thomas Richmond, [1864 Mar. 19].

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Thomas Richmond, [1864 Mar. 19].

Thanking him for his letter; worrying about his health.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, Tuesday [1871].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, Tuesday [1871].

Saying he hasn't been able to talk about the land with Mr. Cowper; asking him to send a telegram tomorrow advising him on "what the lots were thought likely to go for."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, [1864 Feb. 28].

Title: Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, [1864 Feb. 28].

Letting him know his father is very ill and that he will write again when he has better news.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1866] Dec. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1866] Dec. 10.

Telling him there is no fear that he will ever move to Ireland; saying that "if I win her [Rose La Touche] now she must come to me like Ruth--for her people are unforgiveable [sic] to me."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, undated.

Title: Autograph letter : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, undated.

Saying that he does not think his "sponsorship a little thing--and would not have taken this unless I had felt that you and I should hope the same and plan the same ways to it--for the boy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, undated .

Title: Autograph letter : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, undated .

Saying how sad he is that so many of his friends are ill.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 12.3 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, "Saturday" [year not specified].

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, "Saturday" [year not specified].

Saying that "it must be nice to be quiet at the seaside--your Dutch pictures--nevertheless--I don't envy you. I only hope you will all come back Dutch in diameter and fit for broad lights in foreground effect."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Constance", 1869 Sept. 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Constance", 1869 Sept. 22.

Discussing, at length, what sort of young woman she was growing up to be; saying how pleased he is that she thinks so well of him; telling her "this is a time in which all of us--but especially young girls entering into life--need the best strength we can win--either by our own efforts or by others' help;" saying he believes he can help her sort out what sort of person she is; telling her that "the first question which Youth or Maiden should put to themselves--as soon as they are able to think seriously of anything-- 'What sort of person am I; what am I good for--what bad for? Where lies my strength--where my danger--How big am I? as compared with other creatures--Am I really cleverer or stronger than most--if so, am I also wiser?"

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, undated .

Title: Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, undated .

Saying he is arranging his books and throwing many out; saying he is putting together a parcel of books, chosen at random, to send to him "in hope they may amuse the children or you a little in moments of illness or languor."

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Feb. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Feb. 8.

Thanking him for his letter and saying how deeply he and his mother appreciate his regard for them and that "we also--though we are so mute--love you;" saying that he has just given his inaugural lecture to--as I believe--'everybody's' satisfaction--and on the whole to my own."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Richmond, Thomas, 1802-1874,. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, "Good Friday"1873 [Apr. 11].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, "Good Friday"1873 [Apr. 11].

Telling of a recent visit by Constance and George and discussing, at length, other news of the family and social engagements in London.

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Dec. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Dec. 2.

Saying he has heard from Joan that he is ill and "that among the many darknesses now upon me, my old friends' illness is among the heaviest."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Fragment of an autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [an unknown godchild], undated .

Title: Fragment of an autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [an unknown godchild], undated .

Saying "we must put a proper quantity of heart into any work and take it as it comes. Today I can only acknowledge your letter. I will reconsider it."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 8.9 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Richmond, 1869 Jan. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Richmond, 1869 Jan. 17.

Thanking him for his birthday wishes but saying that "there are no more birthdays for me;" saying that "I am at good work--and if I am spared--shall have more tranquil days and useful--but no birthdays any more--only twilight and rest days."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Aug. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Aug. 2.

Telling him of his travels in Switzerland and France and that "I neither hastened nor delayed my journey because of the war."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Apr. 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Apr. 25.

Saying he is leaving his mother for a little while and going abroad and hoping that Tom will continue to write to his mother as "all your beautiful letters to her, on which she now indeed rests for much comfort and for the only real companionship that is left her;" saying that he has fallen short of his hopes and plans but that he trusts that what he will see from his first work at Oxford will be well done; thanking him for his abiding friendship.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1867] June 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1867] June 20.

Saying he is in the mountains; saying he has "no right to be a stupid nuisance to one's friends because one's foolish;" saying he can't come to visit because his mother needs him to be there; saying "it is a fixed habit of my mind never to look forward with anything but fear. I enjoy the present wholly if it is pleasant--suffer from it wholly if unpleasant--in front of me I see only the terror of Chance and Fate. That is why 'waiting' is so difficult for me; saying "my Father always said 'wait--wait' about Turner-till [sic] Turner died --and till [sic] he himself died;" saying he rejoices in "your looking forward. I have joy in the present sense that R. [Rose La Touche] cares for me--and--thank God--cares for no one else;" thanking him for his friendship.

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : Brantwood, Coniston, to Thomas Richmond, "Tuesday" [year not specified] .

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : Brantwood, Coniston, to Thomas Richmond, "Tuesday" [year not specified] .

Thanking him for his letter; apologizing for not visiting him but saying that he is "just thrown into a state of anxiety as I am arranging my house; and I can't speak with comfort to any one till this is ended somehow."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm

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Inglis, Robert Harry, Sir, 1786-1855. Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Sir" [John Ruskin?], 1838 July 31.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Sir" [John Ruskin?], 1838 July 31.

Thanking him for the opportunity to see his drawing; saying he would like to show it to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland; saying that "my own impression is that he has already decided on a successor to Mr. Slater in the matter of the Grillion's Club."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18.6 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Joan Agnew Severn, undated .

Title: Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Joan Agnew Severn, undated .

Asking her to convey his gratitude to the Richmond family for their kindnesses to him, to his mother and father and to her.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18.0 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Apr. 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Apr. 7.

Discussing the terms of a lease with his neighbor over the use of the fields and the land around the Lake; discussing his plans to build a boathouse on the property and saying that his neighbor may "cut nothing bigger than a walking stick--and if I choose to grow thistles six feet high all over the ground--I will. And I'll build my boat house as I like, or not at all;"

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Martigny, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 May 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Martigny, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 May 16.

Telling him of his sadness "but I get interest enough in my work to carry me on with that;" talking of his frustration with Joan [Agnew Severn] and Connie Hilliard who are quarreling about the "merits of their respective 'churches'--I should like to keep them both on bread and water and in brown serge for a month--with no young gentlemen to talk to--and see how they would like Romanism then or Presbyterianism either;" saying that "Joan quite well but I like her better at home. Travelling [sic] makes her giddy."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20.8 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1868] Jan. 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1868] Jan. 11.

Telling him he would love for him to visit tomorrow; saying that "surely it is to have a mean, not a noble opinion of me, to think that a seven years single love [Rose La Touche]--the best and the last possible of life, is to be broken into dust and strewed on the streams of time as on idol on Kidron."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Fragment of an autograph letter signed : London, to [Constance], undated.

Title: Fragment of an autograph letter signed : London, to [Constance], undated.

Asking her to "tell me therefore-- what kind of pain it is, which you feel when you put the mirror on your toilet table which you can see your mind in. --and whether--leaving it--you indeed wish to 'forget what manner of girl you are."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed with initials : [Ambleside], to Thomas Richmond, 1873 Jan. 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : [Ambleside], to Thomas Richmond, 1873 Jan. 15.

Asking him not to lend out any of his tools; saying "mine here are pretty well worn out--as I sometimes think their master is also;" saying that "I hate change and the changes just now are too manifold for me and I am very dismal."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Oct. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Oct. 2.

Saying he has been trying to determine what to say to Constance; saying he is anxious and weary even on such a happy occasion; enclosing fifty guineas for her to spend as she likes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1871 Aug. 22 .

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1871 Aug. 22 .

Asking for advice on a large tract of land that is for sale; needing help in determining the market price and "what the probabilities are of its being allowed to be sold under fancy price."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, [1860] Feb. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, [1860] Feb. 10.

Sending his best wishes on the birth of his child; referring to the choice of the name and saying "I hope I am not mistaken in thinking you wish me to give him at font;" thanking him for writing to Ruskin's mother.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm

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Ruskin, John James. Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs.Thomas Richmond, 1858 June 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs.Thomas Richmond, 1858 June 24.

Asking if she might help him find Miss Heaton; saying that John left several drawings to be delivered to her; sending his regards to her.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20.4 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1867 Feb. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1867 Feb. 24.

Telling him his "affairs still in suspense;" saying that he has had a "sharp quarrel" with Joan and that she is in a "stunned state of tearful perplexity which won't let her be the bright hostess she ought to be and would like always to be to you, especially;" asking if they could postpone his visit until next Sunday.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to Thomas Richmond, [year not specified] Aug. 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to Thomas Richmond, [year not specified] Aug. 7.

Saying that they were unable to come to visit him as the rains had returned but they will try again tomorrow; saying he "should oftener write if I were cheerful. But the best of me is in my books now--such as it is."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Apr. 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Apr. 1.

Talking about tree removals at the house and saying that "there are no words for the quantity of things I have to think of just now."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Mar. 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Mar. 6.

Asking him to help him understand the technique of silverpoint; saying that as he loves Raphael so well, he is the proper authority; referring to "that drawing of the Sappho in the Brit. [sic] Museum for instance--what paper also is used for silverpoint--when did black lead come into use instead?" telling him that "they seem to like the lectures at Oxford."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1867 Nov. 23].

Title: Autograph letter : London, to Thomas Richmond, [1867 Nov. 23].

Apologizing for not writing sooner; saying his mother is well, 'but gets more irritable and more sorrowful of course and I am more and more of both every day and at heart utterly mad and furious with all men and all things--and sick to death of all my own work.. and I can't write."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.5 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1871 Dec. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1871 Dec. 26.

Wishing him a Happy Christmas; saying how happy he is with the news of Mr. Wollaston and Constance; saying he is "panic struck" at the "smooth road to the water;" asking that he do "nothing whatever" at Brantwood until he comes because "half my pleasure would be gone if I had not that all to do myself. And let no trees be cut--nothing touched that will stand, in walls; no weeds pulled up--except in this carriage drive and on the lawn."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18.0 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to Thomas Richmond, [after 1871 Dec. 6].

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to Thomas Richmond, [after 1871 Dec. 6].

Thanking him for his letter; saying he has had "some pleasant walks lately and am quite sure that I cannot be so well anywhere else in the world as I am and shall be here;" saying that Joanie [Joan Agnew] is well and how important she is to him; saying "I live more with my father and mother dead than ever when they were alive. They used to cross me and say absurd things, but my father's letters and diaries are very precious and if ever I have a pleasant walk, I still write an imaginary account of it to my mother;" saying that his work at Oxford takes up more time than he expected but that he hopes it will eventually be good work.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Aug. 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1870 Aug. 4.

Thanking him for his letter and saying that the situation with his mother is still quite sad; saying that he saw "fireflies in glory for the first time--the heat kindled them and they played bright through moonlight and lightening."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Jan. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1872 Jan. 30.

Discussing landscaping and other work on the house.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 18.0 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Verona, to Thomas Richmond, [year unknown] June 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Verona, to Thomas Richmond, [year unknown] June 16.

Saying he is sorry to hear he is ill but telling him not to pay attention to what the doctors tell him; saying it is oppressively hot; saying that his maid, Kate, has been ill and that they are all "down, more or less;" saying that "my form of unusual 'down-ness' consisting chiefly in the painful sense of my own supreme wisdom, and the impossibility of making myself generally understood--or useful--owing to that preeminent disadvantage;" talking of the activities of Constance, her mother, and his cousin Joan [Agnew}; saying that "Joanie is not well at all."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20.7 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1871 Oct. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, 1871 Oct. 26.

Thanking him for his letter and saying he is "most happy in all measurements and plans;" enclosing a letter from Mrs. Hilliard that he thinks he will enjoy; saying he has "cut off a little bit from the bottom, sadder than it had any need to be." The bottom half of the stationery has been cut but no text appears to be lost.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 12.4 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, [before 1871 Dec 6].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Richmond, [before 1871 Dec 6].

Saying he "got on well at Cambridge, but it is merely talking to the air--cold air--too. People only want to hear you to be amused or to know 'what you have got to say' and they have not the least idea of ever attending to it;" saying that Joan is away, his mother is complaining and Connie has been ill; saying that Rosie has been in touch with Connie "evidently meaning to keep one gossamer thread of link."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to "My dear Godson" [John Ruskin Richmond ?], 1873 Feb. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to "My dear Godson" [John Ruskin Richmond ?], 1873 Feb. 8.

Thanking him for his letter; asking him to "tell me something that I can do to give you pleasure--I mean, rather, something i can give , than do, for I am not able to do much but my own work; adding that he would like for him to "get gradually into the habit --however seldom you may see me, of opening your thoughts to me."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, [before 1871 Dec 6].

Title: Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Thomas Richmond, [before 1871 Dec 6].

Saying that his mother had fallen and that the pain has been increasing over the last two days; saying that the surgeon has been sent for and expected to arrive shortly.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Richmond, [1868] Nov. 9.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Richmond, [1868] Nov. 9.

Thanking him for the two letters that arrived this morning; rejoicing in his kindess and affection; saying he is finding he can now work with some comfort, "not in the work itself but in the certainty that it is done as well as I can do it and will give some degree of pleasure to others--and I have even skill enough now--in my own small way, to feel some complacency in the mere skill or trick of the thing--though never in the result. I hate the work, as compared with what great painters do, or what nature is; nevertheless is it cunning enough to make me pleased with it as far as it reaches."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

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