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Lot 111

RUSKIN (JOHN)
Collection comprising two autograph letters, one to the drawing master William Ward, another to J. Lomax, together with an autograph cheque and other items

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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RUSKIN (JOHN)

Collection comprising two autograph letters, one to the drawing master William Ward ("...I will give you an entirely quiet forenoon next week. I'm only just done with my Bond St work. – and am shaking myself into order..."), with envelope (20 November 1879), another to J. Lomax, thanking him for the trouble he has taken (7 February 1869); together with an autograph cheque signed ("John Ruskin"), paying Constance Oldham two guineas (4 February 1887); and other material relating to the Brantwood auction of 1933, including a purchase receipt and covering letters for items purchased at the sale

Footnotes

Ruskin's letters to Ward were published by Thomas J. Wise, Letters from John Ruskin to William Ward, two volumes (1893). Constance Oldham, the recipient of the cheque, was Ruskin's god-daughter.

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