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

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Curator’s description:

Description

This drawing was not catalogued explicitly by Ruskin, although it was presumably one of the 'series of leaves from a Norwegian sketch-book by Miss Lilian [sic] Trotter' listed as being in the Long Cabinet by Cook and Wedderburn (XXI.306). The imprecision of Cook and Wedderburn's description of the cabinet mean that it has been given an arbitrary number within the cabinet for the purposes of the current catalogue.
Details
Artist/maker

Lilias Trotter (1853 - 1928)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour over graphite on off-white paper

Dimensions

75 x 125 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Norway › Norway (subject)
Inscription

Verso, in graphite: Long 18

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.LC.18
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

child

landscape
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. Long Cabinet