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

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The Head of Triptolemus John Ruskin

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    graphite and bodycolour on wove paper
    Dimensions
    140 x 176 mm
    Inscription
    Recto, top right, in graphite: 728 | 467. | !! [?] | 450. | 728 [the second and penultimate lines underlined]

    On a separate, rectangular, paper label, in ink: 126. alter position and cut a little square

    On a small, separate paper label, in graphite: 1/76
    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.176.b
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Taylor, Gerald, ‘John Ruskin: A Catalogue of Drawings by John Ruskin in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, 7 fascicles, 1998, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, no. 194

    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. 176

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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