Ashmolean − The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

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Details

Artist/maker

Henry Stacy Marks (1829 - 1898)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour and bodycolour over black chalk on dark brown wove paper

Dimensions

213 x 159 mm

Inscription

Recto:
to the right of the bird's head, in black chalk: Purple
to the right of the bird's bill, in black chalk: [...]
to the left of the bird's neck, in black chalk: Gree [sic]
to the left of the bird's back, in black chalk: [....]
to the right of the bird's leg, in black chalk: Red
bottom left, in graphite: Jabiru

Provenance

Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1906; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.RUD.183
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

bird

jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
References in which this object is cited include:

References

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. Rudimentary no. 183-188