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The Head of Triptolemus John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- graphite and bodycolour on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 140 x 176 mm
- Inscription
- Recto, top right, in graphite: 728 | 467. | !! [?] | 450. | 728 [the second and penultimate lines underlined]
On a separate, rectangular, paper label, in ink: 126. alter position and cut a little square
On a small, separate paper label, in graphite: 1/76
- 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.176.b
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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. 194
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. 176
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
