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Engraving of Turner's "Cascade at Terni" James Hakewill

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    James Hakewill (1778 - 1843) (designer)
    John Landseer (1769 - 1852) (engraver)
    after Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    engraving on paper
    Dimensions
    234 x 158 mm (sheet)
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Recto, all below the image, engraved:
    left: Drawn by J.M.W. Turner RA. from a finish'd Sketch by James Hakewill.
    right: Engrav'd by J. Landseer F.S.A.

    Verso:
    top right, in graphite (recent): on old mt | crossed thru
    just to the right, in graphite (recent): 45 | 7B New brush. [?] | E 278
    bottom centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
    Provenance

    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.278
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. XII.7.B

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 278

    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. 278

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

Ruskin's Catalogues

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