Catalog type	History
Catalog date	06/01/2010
Collection	Historical Documents
Date	1869
Description	Portrait of John Ruskin. Attached typed letter addressed to Mr. Birch and dated March 22nd, 1869. It reads "In Newton's absence may I trespass on your friendship by asking leave for my assistant, Mr. Arthur Burgess, to make some notes for me in the vase-room, on the students days?" Believed to be a selection from the Dickens Illustration collection.
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Object ID	2010.9.5.a-b
Object Name	Documents

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