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Photograph of Holbein's Drawing of a Woman from Basel, turned to the left Anonymous, Swiss
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Ruskin text
31 B Sketch of costume, in pen, washed with sepia. Photograph from Holbein’s drawing at Basle. P -
Details
- Artist/maker
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Anonymous, Swiss (Anonymous, Swiss) (photographer)after Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543)
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 290 x 199 mm (print); 302 x 216 mm (mount)
- Inscription
- On the back of the mount:
above centre, in ink: 53
below centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
On a separate small paper label:
left, in ink: 31
right, in graphite: B
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.ED.120
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 31.B
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 120
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. Educational no. 120
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Educational series, 1st ed. (1871)
31 B Sketch of costume, in pen, washed with sepia. Photograph from Holbein’s drawing at Basle. P -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
120. Sketch of costume, in pen, washed with sepia. Photograph from Holbein’s drawing at Basle. P
