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Ships in a Breeze (the "Egremont Sea Piece" from the Liber Studiorum) Turner

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    etching on paper
    Dimensions
    204 x 286 mm (plate); 276 x 385 mm (sheet)
    Inscription
    Recto, below the image, centre, etched: In the Possession of the Earl of Egremont

    Verso:
    centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
    just below, in ink: T.7.
    Provenance

    Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1878; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.RUD.153
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Finberg, Alexander J., The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum: With a New Catalogue Raisonné (London: Ernest Benn, 1924), no. 10.E

    Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 153

    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. Rudimentary no. 153

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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