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Recto: A Duck and a Sea Eagle. Verso: An Indian Duck Anonymous (German)

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous (German) (Anonymous, German) (block cutter)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    woodcut and letterpress on laid paper
    Dimensions
    recto top 117 x 145 mm, bottom 139 x 142 mm, verso 130 x 163 mm (blocks); 379 x 250 mm (sheet), 179 x 249 mm as originally folded in mount
    Inscription
    Both sides carry letterpress (extensive on the verso), notably a running header 'De Auibus' with the page number '728' (recto), and the page number '729' alone (verso). The image of the sea eagle is labelled, above, 'GE HALIÆETO SEV AQUILA MARINA CVIVS | facto est mentio, pag. 201.'; that of the Indian duck is labelled 'ANAS INDICA.'

    Recto, top right, the Ruskin School's stamp
    Provenance

    Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.ED.170.b
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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 120

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 170

    Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Educational no. 170

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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