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Ruskin, John. To Norman Forbes


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    John Ruskin Collection

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains approximately 175 pieces of correspondence and manuscripts related to English author John Ruskin (1819-1900) that deal chiefly with his career as a writer, professor, and art critic. The earliest item in the collection is a volume titled Practical Geometry, containing problems and exercises, with some additional sketches and notes by Ruskin, dated 1833 (HM 6103). The correspondence series includes: 61 letters, dated 1858-1873, to Louisa Anne De La Poer Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, a Pre-Raphaelite watercolorist. 11 letters to Sarah Corlass (circa 1850-1865) 12 letters to actor Norman Forbes in 1888 26 letters to novelist Margaret Raine Hunt, from 1867 to 1887 6 letters to John Henry Larkin For a detailed list of Ruskin's artwork within the collection, see "A Checklist of Pre-Raphaelite Works of Art in the Huntington Library and Art Collections," Huntington Library Quarterly Vol. 55, No. 1 (Winter, 1992), pp. 225-251.

    mssHM 6097-6129, etc.

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    Ruskin, John. To John Richard Larkin

    Manuscripts

    3 letters. 

    HM 7597-99.

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    Ruskin, John. To Frederick Crawley

    Manuscripts

    6 letters. 

    HM 7614-7619.

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    Ruskin, John. To Sarah Corlass

    Manuscripts

    11 letters.

    HM 31088-31098.

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    Ruskin, John. To Edward Clayton

    Manuscripts

    25 letters. HM 6110 and 6118-20 include pen-and-ink sketches. Many of these letters were published as Letters addressed to a college friend during the years 1840-1845 (1894).

    HM 6105-6129

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    Ruskin, John. To Henry Larkin

    Manuscripts

    6 letters.  HM 7598-99 include pen-and-ink sketches.

    HM 7605-7610.