RUSKIN, John — AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Oxford. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "J Ruskin" on one side of an 8-3/4" x 7" sheet of Corpus Christi College stationery folded in half addressed to a Miss Rudkin. Ruskin requests that she send a bill [for the dress she purchased for him to give as a present]. "I don't usually let my debts stand so long; will you kindly send ... the account for my last indulgence in your charming and too tempting imaginations. Really, in the truth of old English -- that blue dress was 'excellent well fancied!'" In his letter to Ms. Rudkin written on October 29 of the previous year, Ruskin asked that she find "a pretty, quiet, thoroughly strong, and not fussy nor catchy sort of dress for Ethel Hilliard.". Mild creases from mailing. Near Fine
