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Laurel Leaf, seen Underneath and in Profile John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour and bodycolour over graphite, with additional markings in pen and ink, on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 183 x 140 mm
- Inscription
- Recto, bottom left, in graphite (recent): Ed9
Verso, just to the right of and below centre, 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.009
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Taylor, Gerald, ‘John Ruskin: A Catalogue of Drawings by John Ruskin in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, 7 fascicles, 1998, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, no. 140
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 5.B
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 9
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 9
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of Examples Arranged for Elementary Study in the University Galleries (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1870), cat. Educational no. 3.C
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. 9
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)
5 B Laurel Leaf, seen underneath and in profile.M -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
9. Laurel Leaf, seen underneath and in profile.M -
Educational, manuscript (1878)
? R 9.Original drawing of the first light and shade plate in 'Proserpina' . I have trusted too much to Mr Allen's skill in completing it, but I hope the book will eventually be of sufficient importance to make this first Study for it interesting; and, as an example of Method in drawing leaves, its proper place is here.
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Ruskin's Catalogue of Examples (1870)
3 C.Laurel leaf seen on the under surface and in profile. (R.)Pencil, washed with cobalt and light red. If you have been at all used to pencil drawing, you will probably succeed with this easily enough; if not, let it pass for the present.
