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

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Curator’s description:

Description

As the unframed examples had not been given an order by Ruskin, they have been given arbitrary accession numbers based upon their position in Cook and Wedderburn's list of the unframed objects (XXI.308) for the purposes of the current catalogue.
Details
Artist/maker

Frank Randal (1852 - 1917)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour, bodycolour and graphite on blue wove paper

Dimensions

302 x 130 mm
Associated place
- Europe › France › Centre › Bourges › Bourges Cathedral › Bourges Cathedral (subject)
Inscription

On the back of the mount, bottom, left of centre, in graphite (recent), upside down: P 308 | [three short parallel horizontal lines] E 54 | F. Randal 1883

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.UF.03
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

building

sculpture
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. Unframed