Note 37 — LETTERS ON ART. II. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
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The “violent attack” alludes to a letter of “Verax,” in The Times of Thursday (not Friday), December 31, 1846, and the “attempted defence” to another letter signed “A. G.” in The Times of January 4, two days (not the day) before Mr. Ruskin wrote the present letter.