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

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Details
Artist/maker

Arthur Burgess (1843 - 1886)

after Phidias (c. 500 - c. 432 BC) (sculptor)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

black and red chalk on pale brown wove paper

Dimensions

525 x 377 mm
Associated place
- Europe › Greece › Attica › Athens › Athens › Acropolis › Parthenon › Parthenon (subject)
Inscription

Recto, bottom left, in black chalk: [...] [three words]

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.REF.126
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

horse (Equus caballus)

mammal

sculpture

youth
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. Reference no. 126