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Æsacus and Hesperie (from the Liber Studiorum) Turner

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    etching on paper
    Dimensions
    207 x 286 mm (plate); 252 x 334 mm (sheet)
    Inscription
    On the front of the original cover mount, all in graphite:
    bottom centre: Aesacus & Hesperie
    bottom right corner of window: F66 (II State of the Etching)

    On the back of the original cover mount, all in graphite:
    top left: 4J.
    bottom left, within a circle: 2/61
    centre, on the left edge: Edu 249
    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.249
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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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. X.4.J

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 249

    Finberg, Alexander J., The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum: With a New Catalogue Raisonné (London: Ernest Benn, 1924), no. 66.E.II

    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. 249

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

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