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

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Details

Artist/maker

Henry Stacy Marks (1829 - 1898)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

251 x 213 mm

Inscription

Recto:
top, just left of centre, in ink (over the same text in graphite): White crested Laughing Thrush | Himalayas | Crest sometimes erect
just below the right-hand study, in graphite: brighter more cadmium
just below, in watercolour: COCK OF THE ROCK
centre, in watercolour: ZOO NOVR. 5.77 .
below the lower study, in ink: Red & yellow Macaw.
just below, in graphite: Red & yellow Macaw.

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.RUD.193
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

bird

cock of the rock (Rupicola peruviana)

red and yellow macaw (Ara macao)
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. Rudimentary no. 193