Ruskin's first catalogue of 300 works for the instruction of undergraduates and his notes on the use of particular examples.
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.
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 53
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 103
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 105
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. 103
View of the Beautiful Island, nearer; showing the distant lines of the mountain which are now cut to pieces by stone-quarries. The Beautiful Island, Isola Bella, is the largest of the three islands given by this country to St. Carlo Borromeo, remain *ing ever since in the family. I hope some day to put Turner's drawing of it, at present in my own possesion, in this cabinet, instead of the present example.