83. Ruskin (John, writer and critic, 1819-1900) Autograph Letter signed to Henry Liddell, dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, Corpus Christi, n.d., regretting that he cannot accept an invitation to dinner.
est. £80 – £120
Ruskin described Liddell as “the only man in Oxford among the masters of my day who knew anything of art” and described Liddell in Praeterita as a “nobly-presenced Englishman.”