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Three Studies of Cherry-blossom John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on lined blue laid paper with a Britannia watermark
- Dimensions
- 197 x 160 mm
- Inscription
- Recto:
top left, in ink (Ruskin): 359
just below, in ink (Ruskin), struck through in ink: Zeus.
to the right, in ink (Ruskin): Cherry.
top, just right of centre, in ink (Ruskin): F. D. 1647
just below, written from the left edge, in ink (Ruskin): ΰδωρ έκαρπουτο έκ Διός. P.385.4.
just below, left of centre, in graphite: 3
bottom right, in graphite: E18
Verso:
top right, in ink (Ruskin): 358
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.018.c
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
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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. 070.iii
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 11.C
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 18
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. 18
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)
11 C Gooseberry, Currant, and Cherry-blossom.M -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
18. Gooseberry, Currant, and Cherry-blossom.M
