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Engraving of Turner's "Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute" William Miller
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Details
- Artist/maker
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William Miller (1796 - 1882) (engraver)after Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- engraving on Chine collé
- Dimensions
- 461 x 650 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
- Inscription
- Recto:
within the image, bottom right, engraved: I M W T
below the image, bottom left, engraved: Painted by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
below the image, bottom right, engraved: Engraved by William Miller. 1837.
bottom left, in graphite: Ref. 153
just to the left, in graphite, written down the sheet: 153
Verso, bottom, left of 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.153
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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. 153
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. 153
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)
153. Grand Canal, Venice. Proof before the burnishing down of the clouds; the only engraving I know which quite represents Turner’s way of painting clouds.
