Letters of John Ruskin to Thomas Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.555-556
Scope and Contents
Included are letters to Jane Welsh Carlyle and to Mary Aitken, Thomas Carlyle’s niece, afterwards wife of the donor, Alexander Carlyle.
Dates
- Creation: 1855-1879.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
2 Volumes ; Large quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The numbering of the letters is continuous throughout MSS.555-556, as follows:
MS.555, letters numbered 1-69;
MS.556, letters numbered 70-133.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1930, with MSS.551-554, by Alexander Carlyle.
Separated Materials
See also MS.568.
Bibliography
Many of the letters are printed in 'The works of John Ruskin', edited by E T Cook and A Wedderburn, volumes xxxvi-xxxvii.
Physical Description
Bound in Levant morocco. The letters are hinged.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk