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

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Artist/maker

Charles Fairfax Murray (1849 - 1919)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

521 x 356 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Italy › Lazio › Roma (Rome) › Rome › Vatican Palace › Vatican Palace (Sistine Chapel, subject)
Inscription

Verso:
near top, left of centre, in ink: Sistine May 1874 C.F.M.
graphite (recent): (C. Fairfax) MURRAY
bottom, towards right (recent): Not in printed Cat, nor Bell's notes in MSS.
centre, towards bottom, the Ruskin School's stamp

Verso:
top right, in ink: Sistine May 1874 C. F. M
just above, in graphite: (C. Fairfax) MURRAY
bottom right, in graphite: Not in Printed Cat. nor Bell's lists in MSS
bottom centre, 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.REF.094
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

mosaic

pavement
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. Reference no. 94