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Drawing of two illuminated Initials from thirteenth century French Manuscripts John Joseph Laing

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour, boldycolour and gold paint on wove paper
    Dimensions
    348 x 230 mm
    Inscription
    Recto, bottom, just left of centre, in graphite: Esdras I.I

    Verso, in graphite:
    top right: E 207 or 208
    top 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.208
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogue of the Rudimentary Series, in the Arrangement of 1873, ed. Robert Hewison (London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1984), p. 201

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. IX.1.G

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 208

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of Examples Arranged for Elementary Study in the University Galleries (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1870), cat. Educational no. 20

    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. 208

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

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