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'The dark skies kill me as they do flies'

RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Author, artist & social reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to the artist H[enry] Stacy Marks (1829-1898), 1 page 8vo with integral blank, Peppering, Arundel, 9 January 1876. Offering his services 'in that matter', complaining of fatigue and the weather, and mentioning 'Mr Walker's work'.
'... My work is not good just now, for I am tired, and the dark skies kill me as they do flies - but I am sure to feel so strongly about Mr Walker's work seen in mass, as to put a word or two in my mouth.'
DNB says of Marks that 'The merit of his varied work attracted Ruskin's attention, and letters from Ruskin show how sincere was his appreciation of Marks's work. The studies in natural history, in which Marks in course of time specialised, particularly appealed to Ruskin, who saw in Marks's animals characteristics not unlike those which he discerned in Turner and Bewick.'
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