Collection number: MS 123

Size: 2 items (0.10 cu.ft.)

About William Gershom Collingwood

Professor of Fine Arts at Reading University and biographer of English Art Critic John Ruskin.

About the William Gershom Collingwood Papers

Letter written Sept. 20, 1911 to Alfred E. Richards by Collingwood (Lanehead, Coniston, Lancashire [England]) in which he describes his general health, and criticizes those “people who give their opinions on Ruskin,” so soon after his death. Collingwood specifically attacks A.C. Benson’s Ruskin: A Study in Personality, noting in particular that Ruskin “is so complex a subject, and still so near us, that any general estimate can’t be formed until a generation or two has gone by, and his work, and its effect, can be judged apart from current fashions of thought and the preferences of individuals.” Also includes a sketch attributed to John Ruskin.

Administrative Information

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This collection is open.

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Copyright is retained by the authors of these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Gershom Collingwood Papers, Sept. 20, 1911, MS 123, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Donated: Mrs. Alfred E. Richards, date unknown (Accession number: 92)