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

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Curator’s description:

Description

The print is not listed in the Teaching Collection after 1870. The example catalogued here is a surrogate, taken from the Ashmolean's collection; the very smooth paper on which it is printed suggests it is one of the later impressions listed by Finberg.
Details

Artist/maker

after Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher, artist)

William Say (1768 - 1834) (engraver)

Object type

print

Material and technique

etching, mezzotint and aquatint on paper

Dimensions

surrogate: 208 x 292 mm (approx., plate)

Provenance

Recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), in 1870; not recorded in the collection subsequently.

No. of items

1

Accession no.

EXAMPLES.STD.303
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

bridge

landscape

painting

river

sheep (Ovis)

tree

woman
References in which this object is cited include:

References

Ruskin, John, Catalogue of Examples Arranged for Elementary Study in the University Galleries (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1870), cat. Standard no. 303; Educational no. 35.E

Finberg, Alexander J., The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum: With a New Catalogue Raisonné (London: Ernest Benn, 1924), no. 72

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