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A Peacock (from "Fables of Aesop and Others") Thomas Bewick

Details

Artist/maker

workshop of Thomas Bewick (1753 - 1828) (designer, engraver)

Object type

print

Material and technique

wood-engraving and letterpress on wove paper

Provenance

Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; not recorded in the Drawing School after 1906.

No. of items

1

Accession no.

ED.188.b
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

bird

peacock (Pavo cristatus)
References in which this object is cited include:

References

Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 187-188

Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 199

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. 188

Location

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