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Measured Engraving of an Ionic Capital from the Pandroseion Nicholas Revett
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Nicholas Revett (1720 - 1804) (designer)anonymous British (Anonymous (British)) (engraver)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 343 x 244 mm (plate); 418 x 316 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
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- Europe › Greece › Attica › Athens › Athens › Acropolis › Erechtheion › Erechtheion (subject)
- Europe › Greece › Attica › Athens › Athens › Acropolis › Pandroseion › Pandroseion (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, all engraved:
within the image, numerous dimensions and labels for the four figures which it contains
top right: Vol. II Chap. II Pl. VIII.
bottom centre: Publish'd Octr. 27th. According to Act of Parliament.
Verso, top right, the Ruskin School's stamp
- 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.034
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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. 22
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 34
Stuart, James, and Nicholas Revett, The Antiquities of Athens: Measured and Delineated, 5 (London: J. Haberkorn et al., 1762-1830), vol. II, ch. II, pl. VIII
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. 34
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, 2nd ed. (1874)
34. Ionic Capital of Pandroseium. E
