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Study of the Hull of a Man-of-War Willem van de Velde the Elder

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    black lead and wash on laid paper
    Dimensions
    323 x 508 mm (drawing); 391 x 575 mm (mount)
    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.REF.119
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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Parker, K. T., Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, i, Netherlandish, German, French and Spanish Schools (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1938), no. 228

    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. Reference no. 119

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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