John Ruskin | Five autograph letters signed, to G.W. Reid, 1869

John Ruskin

Five autograph letters signed, to G.W. Reid, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum

responding to Reid's catalogue of Cruikshank ("...I respect Cruikshank's genius deeply - But alas - I cannot dwell on the elements he delighted in...") and discussing the loan and purchase of books, 8 pages, 8vo, Herne Hill, Denmark Hill, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Brantwood, 23 December 1869 and 11-28 March, n.y., one letter worn with loss to signature

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby's, London, 4 March 1969, lot 366 (part lot); Christie's, London, 13 November 2008, lot 323