COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
EngMS_1254_123.pdf
Reference Number:
English MS 1254/123
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Miscellaneous Letters I (1842-1887)
Parent Work Title:
Letter from John Ruskin to Arthur Helps
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1873-02-22
Description:
Letter to Arthur Helps discussing three lectures on birds that Ruskin will give in Oxford later in the month - on robins, swallows and crows. He states that it is his belief that '...;all practical things are absurd - teach children to love and look at animals. All practice will follow.' He comments on the writings of Barrow [possibly Rev. Edwin Pinder Barrow, b.1844, who later wrote Recollections of John Ruskin at Oxford] and asserts that his ideas only make sense if his first sentence is exchanged for his last. Ruskin also expresses a preference for dogs rather than cats in this letter, enjoying their 'human' qualities.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England
People Covered:
Helps, Arthur, Sir, 1813-1875
Item Height:
177 mm
Item Width:
114 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2021-10-27
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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