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

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A coloured Photograph of a Landscape Anonymous

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous (photographer)
    Object type
    photograph
    Material and technique
    ink and albumen over albumen print
    Dimensions
    367 x 536 mm (print); 488 x 595 mm (mount)
    Inscription
    Verso, centre, towards bottom, the Ruskin School's stamp

    On a printed label stuck to the back of the sheet and the mount: [an image of the Prince of Wales's crest] | JAMES RYMAN. | Printseller, Publisher, Photographer, | AND PICTURE FRAME MAKER, | 24 & 25, HIGH STREET, OXFORD | [a wavy line] | Paintings and Engravings Cleaned and Restored | EXPERIENCED PACKERS ON THE PREMISES.
    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.146
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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. Reference no. 146

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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