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Piglets in a Pig-Sty (from "Fables of Aesop and Others") Thomas Bewick

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    workshop of Thomas Bewick (1753 - 1828) (designer, engraver)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    wood-engraving and letterpress on wove paper
    Dimensions
    25 x 48 mm (block); 71 x 108 mm (sheet)
    Inscription
    Verso, below centre, left, 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.188.d
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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 187-188

    Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 199

    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. 188

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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