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Study of a Vulture Henry Stacy Marks
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Henry Stacy Marks (1829 - 1898)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour over black chalk on pale brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- 328 x 220 mm
- Provenance
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Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1878; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.RUD.184
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 168
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
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Educational, manuscript (1878)
Rudimentary S. Nos 184.185 &c 168.Vulture; Studied in the Zoological Gardens by Mr. Stacey Marks, by whom also are all the studies to the end of this group. They are all entirely magnificent, and the best work, next to Turner, for water-colour practice in the Schools. They will, I hope, be fully spoken of in my lectures. They are not yet completely arranged, and I admit for the present, with the eagle and vulture, the stork and cockatoo for comparison of the structure of the beak.
