John James Ruskin1 to Faraday   8 June 1863

Denmark Hill 8th June | 1863

Mr. Ruskin Senr. presents his Compliments to Professor Faraday & has taken the liberty of sending to his address a Hamper containing a dozen Bottles of the Sherry wine drunk at the Tables of Napoleon, 1st2 & 3d & a small Bottle of Paxarete the only one left of the Dessert wine of Ferdinand the IV3, which Mr Ruskin begs Professor Faraday’s acceptance of4.

1
John James Ruskin (1785–1864, ODNB under John Ruskin). Sherry importer and father of the art critic and social reformer John Ruskin (1819–1900, ODNB).
2
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821, NBU). Emperor of France, 1804–1814.
3
Ferdinand IV (1751–1825, DBI). King of Naples, 1759–1806 and later, 1816–1825, as Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies.
4
This followed Ruskin, J. (1863), Friday Evening Discourse of 5 June 1863.

Bibliography

RUSKIN, John (1863): “On the Forms of the Stratifield Alps of Savoy”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 4: 142-6.

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