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Mezzotint of Turner's "Kirkstall Abbey, on the River Aire" J Bromley
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Details
- Object type
- Material and technique
- stipple etching, engraving and mezzotint, with graphite additions, on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 195 x 251 mm (plate); 244 x 329 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
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- Europe › United Kingdom › England › West Yorkshire › Leeds › Leeds › Kirkstall › Kirkstall Abbey › Kirkstall Abbey (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, in ink:
bottom right: 6
just below and to the right, struck out in ink: 4[...]
Verso:
top left, in graphite: after JMWT E.113. 63 1/8
bottom left, the Ruskin School's stamp
- Provenance
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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.113
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogue of the Rudimentary Series, in the Arrangement of 1873, ed. Robert Hewison (London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1984), cat. Rudimentary no. 295, RUD.295
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 63
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 113
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 108
Ruskin, John, Instructions in Practice of Elementary Drawing, Arranged with Reference to the First Series of Examples in the Drawings Schools of the University of Oxford (n.p., [1872]), cat. Rudimentary no. 295
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 295
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 295
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. 113 & Rudimentary no. 295
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Educational series, 1st ed. (1871)
63 Kirkstall Abbey. Mezzotint after Turner. E -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
113. Kirkstall Abbey. Mezzotint after Turner. E -
Educational, manuscript (1878)
113 108.Kirkstall Abbey in the distance; engraving from one of the most exquisite of Turner's river subjects . But observe that Turner's repretitions of any subject are always continuations of his E poem upon it. The sun has set now, the ruin is seen in the distance against the twilight, and Maid Mary is calling the cattle home. I cannot imagine that the fragment of the tower projects in reality to such an extent. It never caught my eye till my friend noticed it, but observe what a curious illustration it is of what I was just saying of Turner's mind being set on the stability of the grand old masonry.
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
R|295} Kirkstall Abbey. Engraved in mezzotint, after Turner. T. Lupton. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|295} Kirkstall Abbey. Engraved in mezzotint, after Turner. T. Lupton. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|295} Kirkstall Abbey. Engraved in mezzotint, after Turner. T. Lupton.
