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

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Sepia Sketch of Leafage, completed: Study from Ruskin's Photograph of the Courtyard of a late Gothic wooden House at Abbeville John Ruskin

  • Curator’s description:

    Description

    The drawing had been removed from the Teaching Collection by the time Cook and Wedderburn created their catalogue of the collection (XXI.295 n. 4), and has not been traced. It is represented here by the photogravure reproduction by Allen & Co. included in the Library Edition.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) (artist, photographer)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour over graphite on paper
    Dimensions
    216 x 305 mm (approx.; sight size)
    Provenance

    Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford)

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    RUDMS.RUD.292
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

  • 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. 358

    Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 292

    Ruskin, John, ‘The Works of John Ruskin’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), vol. I, pl. 12, f.p. 184

    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

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