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Four Diagrams showing the Construction of the Form of an English Shield John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- pen and ink and watercolour over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 389 x 288 mm
- Inscription
- Recto, all in ink:
the four diagrams are labelled, respectively, 'Fig 1', Fig. 2', 'Fig. 3' and 'Fig 4'
figure 2 contains four labels, 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'R'
figure 3 contains five labels, 'A', 'B', 'C', 'a' and 'b'
figure 4 contains five labels, 'A', 'C', 'D', 'a' and 'b'
top left: R/2
Verso:
bottom, right of centre, in graphite: R.2
above 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.RUD.002
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Taylor, Gerald, ‘John Ruskin: A Catalogue of Drawings by John Ruskin in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, 7 fascicles, 1998, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, no. 244
Ruskin, John, The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogue of the Rudimentary Series, in the Arrangement of 1873, ed. Robert Hewison (London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1984), cat. Rudimentary no. 2, RUD.002
Ruskin, John, Instructions in Practice of Elementary Drawing, Arranged with Reference to the First Series of Examples in the Drawings Schools of the University of Oxford (n.p., [1872]), cat. Rudimentary no. 2
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 2
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 2
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 2
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. Rudimentary no. 2
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
R|2} Construction of form of English shield. M. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|2} Construction of form of English shield.M.M. signifies that the drawing is by my own hand. The names of artists, or of my assistants, are given in full. P. stands for photograph. E. for engraving. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|2} Construction of form of English shield. M.M. signifies that the drawing is by my own hand. The names of artists, or of my assistants, are given in full. P. stands for photograph. E. for engraving. -
Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
2.Geometrical construction of the English shield. My own brush-work. See Laws of Fiesole.
