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Photograph of the northern and central Porches of the west Front of Bourges Cathedral
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Details
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 337 x 448 mm (print); 361 x 469 mm (mount)
- Associated place
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- Europe › France › Centre › Bourges › Bourges Cathedral › Bourges Cathedral (subject)
- Inscription
- On the back of the mount:
bottom left, in graphite: Ref 56
centre, towards left, the Ruskin School's stamp
- Provenance
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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.REF.056
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Reference Series Including Temporarily the First Section of the Standard Series (London: Smith, Elder, [1872]), cat. Reference no. 56
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. Reference no. 56
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Standard & Reference series (1872)
56 Western Porches of the Cathedral of Bourges P(Mr. Burgess’s drawing in the first recess is an enlargement of a portion of this photograph. It of the last spandril but one in the lowest row of arches on the left of the central porch. )
