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Engraving of John Ruskin's Drawing of an Etruscan Cup George Allen

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    George Allen (engraver)
    after John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    engraving and mezzotint on wove paper
    Dimensions
    315 x 237 mm (sheet)
    Inscription
    Verso:
    bottom right, in graphite: WS I 29
    centre, towards bottom: 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.WS.I.29
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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. Working Series no. I.29

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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