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A Cockatoo and a Parrot Anonymous Dutch

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous Dutch (Anonymous (Dutch)) (engraver)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    engraving on laid paper
    Dimensions
    322 x 210 mm (plate); 442 x 251 mm (sheet)
    Associated people
    Frederik de Wit (active 1650) (publisher)
    Inscription
    Recto, just below the border, bottom right, engraved: 102

    Verso, towards bottom, right, the Ruskin School's stamp
    Provenance

    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.162
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

    animal

    bird

    cockatoo (Cacatuinae)

    parrot (Psittacidae)

  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 112

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 162

    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. 162

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

Ruskin's Catalogues

Arts and Humanities Research Council

University of Oxford

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

Ashmolean

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