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Photograph of the ground-floor Capital on the south-west corner of the Ducal Palace, Venice (the 'Fig-Tree Angle') Carlo Ponti
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Carlo Ponti (c. 1823 - 1893) (photographer)
- Object type
- photograph
- Material and technique
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 271 x 350 mm (print); 305 x 437 mm (mount)
- Associated place
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- Europe › Italy › Veneto (Venetia) › Venice › Palazzo Ducale › Palazzo Ducale (subject)
- Inscription
- On the front of the mount, bottom centre, blind stamped with an oval frame: CARLO PONTI | VENEZIA
On the back of the mount, centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
On a separate small square paper label, in graphite:
just above centre, crossed out: 131
just below: 1/31
- Provenance
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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.REF.131
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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, ‘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. 131
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
