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View of the City of Luzern, taken on the Lake, near the Tuilerie Alexis Nicolas Perignon, I
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Alexis Nicolas Perignon, I (1726 - 1782) (designer)François Denis Née (1732 - 1817) (engraver)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 243 x 364 mm (plate); 259 x 410 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
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- Europe › Switzerland › Lucerne › Lucerne (subject)
- Europe › Switzerland › Lake Lucerne › Lake Lucerne (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, all engraved, below the image:
left: Dessiné par Perignon Ptre du Roi
right: Gravé par Née
centre: VUE DE LA VILLE DE LUCERNE | Prise sur le Lac, près de la Tuilerie. | A.P.D.R.
bottom right: No. 97.
Verso, bottom right, the Ruskin School's stamp
On a separate small paper label, in graphite, top left: 65
- 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.115
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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. 65
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 115
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. 115
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)
66 The Baron’s House at Zug . Old print. E -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
115. Lucerne, Switzerland. Old print. E
