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Details of the Parthenon 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
- 345 x 245 mm (plate); 408 x 299 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
- Inscription
- Recto, all engraved:
within the image, numerous dimensions and labels for the three figures which it contains
top right: Vol. II. Chap. I. Pl. VII.
Verso:
bottom centre, in graphite: 27 E27
bottom, left of 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.027
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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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. 17
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 27
Stuart, James, and Nicholas Revett, The Antiquities of Athens: Measured and Delineated, 5 (London: J. Haberkorn et al., 1762-1830), vol. II, ch. I, pl. VII
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. 27
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)
17 Details of the Parthenon. ( Stuart’s Athens). E -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
27. Details of the Parthenon. ( Stuart’s Athens). E
