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

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

Learn to draw

Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.

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Enlarged Drawing of Holbein's Drawing of a Woman from Basel, turned to the left Arthur Burgess

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Arthur Burgess (1843 - 1886)
    after Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour and ink on wove paper
    Dimensions
    683 x 507 mm
    Inscription
    Recto, both in graphite:
    bottom left: STAND 40
    bottom right (Ruskin): Ruskin stamp | on mat A.13

    Verso:
    towards bottom left, the Ruskin School's stamp
    just below, in ink: A.13
    Provenance

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

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    WA.RS.STD.040bis
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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