RIPON
(1st Marquess, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Earl de Grey, 1827-1909, Statesman, Son of the Prime Minister, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, Governor General of India)
Autograph Formal Letter in the third person
“Earl de Grey presents his humble duty to your Majesty and has the honour to submit to your Majesty the list of business for tomorrow’s Council...”, 1 side 4to., Privy Council Office headed paper, 16th March
Item Date:
1869
Stock No:
43397
£75
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ROCKINGHAM
(Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis, 1730-1782, Statesman and Magnate, Prime Minister)
Printed Document with the details filled in by hand on Vellum boldly signed and sealed at the foot,
in his capacity as “Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding. of the County of York...”, appointing Richard Burton saying that he nominates “constitute and depute the said Richard Burton to be one of my Deputy Lieutenants in and for the West Riding of the Country of York... to act do execute and perform all and every the Powers Matters and things which on the part. of the Deputy Lieutenants respectively by Force and Virtue of the said Act of Parliament or of any other the Laws and Customs of this Realm, may or ought to be done acted, executed and performed...”, 1 side 16” x 13½”, no place, 24th June
Item Date:
1762
Stock No:
43388
£2750
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ROYLE
(Arnold Haywood, 1819-1901, Physician to Prince Leopold and Member of the Royal Household) and William HAYWOOD (1821-1894, Surveyor and Engineer to the City of London Commission of Sewers)
Small collection of Cabinet Photos inscribed on the verso by Haywood
three of them of Royle, the first by George Nightingale showing him at 4 years old, the next by James and Bayfield showing him aged 4¼ in a class of small boys, then by Arthur J. Melhuish showing him at 13 years old, the other two are of Lieutenant Colonel William Haywood, the first by Arthur J. Melhuish, signed and dated on the verso, showing him full length in uniform, 1882 and the final one by Alexander Bassano shows him half length in uniform with medals signed and inscribed on the verso to Royle “with the affectionate regards of”, each 6½” x 4¼”, no place, November
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
43398
£225
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RUSKIN GIVES DETAILED ADVICE ON EDUCATION FOR BOYS
RUSKIN
(John, 1819-1900, Writer and Critic)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Robertson
saying he had “made a stupid mistake in writing to you, thinking of another friend, who first named Mr Liefchild to me and who is interested in his obtaining the commission for the Shakespeare memorial at Melbourne. Indeed those are difficult questions which you are putting to yourself about your little son’s education - Have you Mrs Sherwood’s ‘Henry Milner’. It is a book which if children will at all take to it, is I think wholly good for them. It seems to me impossible to decide on general systems, or successions of teaching; the disposition of the child must decide everything as you see things affect him & turn out for him. This only I should think your parental care might ensure:- that he should be prevented from thinking much about himself or from contending with others; but should get into the early habit of learning however little, that little with absolute accuracy, and putting to some helpful use, as soon as he could - what he learned. If I had a son, I would make him use his arithmetic as soon as he has learned it – in keeping accounts for somebody; his chemistry in ascertaining the nature of substances – the commonest first. He should know good sugar from bad as well as a grocer; and be able to pronounce on flour and butter like baker or cook. His natural history should be learned in the fields, the poultry yard, the furshop and so on: and the one aim before him should be to make himself true and useful; not to be thought clever, nor take prizes, nor get on in the world. I think no system will do him much harm, if your influence is always clear & simple. No system on the other hand, will be of much use, if it alone be trusted to. I hardly ever write letters no; nor have I experience enough to make it in this case a matter of regret that I have got into this negative habit. I send this chiefly to with you a Happy New Year...”, 4re sides 8vo., no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
43424
£1500
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RUSKIN RECOMMENDS A SCULPTOR FOR A SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL IN MELBORNE
RUSKIN
(John, 1819-1900, Writer and Critic)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Robertson
saying that he is “glad to hear of your safe arrival in England; and as sincerely wish that I could be of any use to you, but I have long given up all discussions upon matters of art – there is only one way to get a good thing done; go to Munro, Woolner, Marochetti, or any other good sculptor you like, and let him do the thing entirely in his own way. All bye[sic] opinions are useless: mine, just now especially so, for my head is full of quite different matters, (so far as it is full of anything). I have been put into a state of enduring and intense disgust by the way the Prussians and English have been behaving these three years back; (Prussia backing Austria and England standing behind her counter, whistling, with her hands in her pockets) - which has left me neither head, nor heart for any of my old work; in fact I was made thoroughly ill by the peace of Villafranca and am now only coming a little round again - but what I am doing - or should do, will be very different from any of my old business. I hear very good speaking of Mr H. S. Leifchild, 111 Stanhope Sq. Mornington Crest. I suspect he would be able both to advise and do, in this business of yours....”, 3 sides 8vo., no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
43423
£1750
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