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

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Four Studies of Swans H.K.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    H.K. (active 17th century) (designer)
    Anonymous Dutch (Anonymous (Dutch)) (engraver)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    engraving on paper
    Dimensions
    307 x 206 mm (plate); 449 x 259 mm (sheet)
    Associated people
    Frederik de Wit (active 1650) (publisher)
    Inscription
    Recto, just below the border, engraved:
    left: HK delin: [the 'HK' as a monogram]
    right: 104
    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.ED1.ED.118
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 118

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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