John Ruskin✍️ was born on 8 February 1819 at 54 Hunter Street, London, the only child of Margaret and John James Ruskin... His father, a prosperous, self-made man who was a founding partner of Pedro Domecq sherries, collected art and encouraged his son's literary activities, while his mother, a devout evangelical Protestant, early dedicated her son to the service of God and devoutly wished him to become an Anglican bishop. Ruskin, who received his education at home until the age of twelve, rarely associated with other children and had few toys. During his sixth year he accompanied his parents on the first of many annual tours of the Continent. Encouraged by his father, he published his first poem, On Skiddaw and Derwent Water, at the age of eleven, and four years later his first prose work, an article on the waters of the Rhine. Must reads by John Ruskin📚 The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. Collingwood Ruskin Today by Kenneth Clark John Ruskin: A Life in Pictures by James S. Dearden Effie in Venice by Mary Lutyens The Correspondence of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton by Charles Eliot Norton. . . Quote by English writer,philosopher,gifted painter and a distinctive prose stylist Era@Victorian era. . . . Writer's Description@goodreads. . . Liked the quote . Browse more @roses_with_thorns05. #classic #victorianera #johnruskin #london #nephophile #words #wisewords #englishsociety #englishliterature #cultureinfluencer #instaquotes #instagood #instageek #motivation#inspirational #motivationalquotes #amazing#amazingquotes #logophile #literature#wordsofwisdom #greatthinkers#Englishwriter #painter#prosestylist #roses_with_thorns #quotesforyou #quotes #sayings https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTfS-Mv-Qq/?utm_medium=tumblr
