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Ellen Heaton
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John Ruskin : Modern Painters I and II
From the editor's short biography of Ellen Heaton: "She had read and was a 'great admirer' of the early volumes of Modern Painters.'
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Ellen Heaton Print: Book
John Ruskin : Modern Painters IV
'2 East Parade, Leeds. June 25th 1856. Ellen is rather puzzled', wrote her brother to his wife, 'on comparing the tower at Calais, with Ruskin's "delightful" description.' (Payne coll.)"
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Ellen Heaton Print: Book
John Ruskin : Modern Painters III
Letter H 30 - January 1856 - "I am always treating you ill - but I took so many presentation copies [of the third volume of Modern Painters, published Jan 15, 1856] from the bookseller that I was ashamed to ask for more & so let you buy yours - ... I am truly glad you like it."
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Ellen Heaton Print: Book
Rebecca Hey : The Moral of Flowers (1833) and The Spirit of the Woods (1837)
Letter of Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, May 7 1846 ?Miss Heaton ? told me yesterday that the poetess proper of the city of Leeds was ?Mrs A.? ? as she lives in Leeds and write verses we call her our poetess! ? her ?Spirit of the Woods,? and of the ?Flowers? has been much admired I assure you.?
