Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1949 May 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1949 May 2.

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Thanking him for a copy of Ruskin's Praeterita and discussing the work, noting that it is very sad and very beautiful; discussing Ruskin's life and work and noting that she intensely dislikes Effie. Praising Clark's introduction to the work.

1 item (8 p.) ; 20.2 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Clark, Jane, Lady.

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Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983

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Kenneth Clark was an art historian and a patron of the arts. He was born in London, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained a second class in modern history. In the autumn of 1925, art historian Bernard Berenson asked him to assist him in the revision of his corpus of Florentine drawings. In 1929 he was offered the task of cataloguing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings held at Windsor Castle. In 1931 he was appointed keeper of the Department of Fine Art at the Ashmolean...