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Image Number:
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EngMS_1254_123.pdf
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Reference Number:
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English MS 1254/123
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Link to Catalogue:
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Series Title:
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Miscellaneous Letters I (1842-1887)
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Parent Work Title:
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Letter from John Ruskin to Arthur Helps
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Creator:
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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1873-02-22
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language:
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English
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England
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People Covered:
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Helps, Arthur, Sir, 1813-1875
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Item Height:
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177 mm
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Item Width:
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114 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions may apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2021-10-27
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2021-11
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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