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Life-size Study of the Base of central Column of the Porch of San Fermo Maggiore, Verona John Wharlton Bunney
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Wharlton Bunney (1828 - 1882)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour and bodycolour over black chalk on pale brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- 661 x 507 mm
- Associated place
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- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Verona › Verona › Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore › Chiesa di San Fermo Maggiore (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto:
along the bottom, from the left, in graphite: Base of the centre Door column at San Fermo Verona drawn by John Bunney 1869 natural Size
just to the left, in graphite: REF. | 78
Verso:
top left, in ink: 78
towards bottom right, in graphite: REF. 78
below centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
Verso:
top right, in graphite: 78
towards bottom right, in graphite: REF. 78
centre, 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.078
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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. 78
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. 78
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)
78 Base of central Pillar of Porch of San Fermo (real size)
