The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

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Enlarged outline Drawing of Holbein's Drawing of a Woman from Basel, turned to the left Arthur Burgess

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Arthur Burgess (1843 - 1886)
    after Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour over graphite, with some scratching out, on wove paper
    Dimensions
    685 x 506 mm
    Inscription
    Recto, both in graphite:
    bottom left: STAND 39
    just below (recent): ? Burgess

    Verso:
    towards bottom left, the Ruskin School's stamp
    just below, in ink: A. 12.
    towards bottom right, another impression of the Ruskin School's stamp
    Provenance

    Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1906; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.STD.039bis
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    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. Standard no. 39bis

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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