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Engraving of Claude's "Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula" Henry Le Keux

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Henry Le Keux (1787 - 1868) (engraver)
    after Claude Lorrain (c. 1604/5 - 1682)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    engraving on wove paper
    Dimensions
    310 x 411 mm (sheet)
    Inscription
    Recto, all engraved just below the image:
    left: Claude pinxit
    right: Henry LeKeux Sculpsit.

    Verso:
    left, towards bottom, in graphite: 155
    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.155
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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. 155

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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