Record 93/409 Catalog Record Historical Documents Exhibit Page Home Search Image 2 of 2 Description  Portrait of John Ruskin.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.

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