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Study of Arch Mouldings, Spandrils and String Course, Bourges Cathedral Arthur Burgess
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Arthur Burgess (1843 - 1886)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- charcoal and white chalk whith some black and white bodycolour on buff paper, laid onto canvas
- Dimensions
- 126 x 178 cm (stretcher); 131 x 183 cm (travelling frame)
- Associated place
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- Europe › France › Centre › Bourges › Bourges Cathedral › Bourges Cathedral (subject)
- Inscription
- On black card labels, in white paint:
bottom centre: STUDY OF ARCH MOULDINGS, SPANDRILS, | AND STRING COURSE. | BOURGES CATHEDRAL. | Drawing in Charcoal & White. | BY ARTHUR BURGESS.
bottom left corner: 31a.
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; removed by Ruskin; sent by Ruskin to George Baker (a Trustee of the Guild of Saint George) at Bewdley, Worcestershir
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- CGSG.R.0234
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Morley, Catherine W., John Ruskin: Late Work 1870-1890. The Museum and Guild of St. George: An Educational Experiment (New York: Garland Publishing, 1984)
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. Wall no. 7 (on p. 50)
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Wall no. 8 (on p. 50)
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Wall no. 8 (on p. 50)
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Wall no. 1 (in Rudimentary no. 81)
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Reference Series Including Temporarily the First Section of the Standard Series (London: Smith, Elder, [1872]), cat. Wall no. 1 (in Reference no. 56)
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. Reference no. sn.a (on p. 30); Rudimentary no. sn.d (in Rudimentary no. 81)
Ruskin, John, ‘Lectures on Art: Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 20
Location
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- Collection of the Guild of St George, Museums Sheffield
