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A Study of a Medieval Posy Ring John Ruskin

  • Curator’s description:

    Description

    As the unframed examples had not been given an order by Ruskin, they have been given arbitrary accession numbers based upon their position in Cook and Wedderburn's list of the unframed objects (XXI.308) for the purposes of the current catalogue.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    graphite, pen and ink, and watercolour on wove paper
    Dimensions
    191 x 163 mm
    Inscription
    Recto:
    just below the ring, Ruskin has copied its inscription in ink: + [...] + sans + de + partir +
    top left, in graphite: 2.A
    top right, in graphite: Massive gold ring found at Ixworth | in Suffolk. in the possn. of Mr. J. Warren. | July 13 - 1868-
    along the bottom, in ink: Massive gold ring found at Ixworth in Suffolk - | In the possession of Mr. J. Warren - | July 13th 1868.
    Provenance

    Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1906; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.UF.22
  • 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. 203

    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. Unframed

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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