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 over graphite on pale grey-brown wove paper

Dimensions

306 x 242 mm

Inscription

Inscribed in graphite at upper centre: Wattled Crane / S. Africa

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.190
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

bird

wattled crane (Grus carunculatus)
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. 190-192