Suspends Fors after an attack of madness in the spring and is unable to testify in Whistler v. Ruskin in November. Resigns Slade Professorship at Oxford, in large part because of Whistler v. Ruskin . Publishes The Art of England in book form. Frequently experiences mental turmoil. 1885 Continues publication of The Pleasures of England and publishes Praeterita , his autobiography, which appeared intermittently in parts until July 1889.
Mental illness forces temporary cessation of writing.
Suffers attacks of mental illness. 1900 Dies of influenza on 20 January and is buried in Coniston churchyard.