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

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Curator’s description:

Description

According to Cook and Wedderburn (XXI.305), the Supplementary Cabinet was 'a cabinet which Ruskin placed in the School but did not fill'; the examples which they listed were placed there shortly before their catalogue was published in 1906.
Details
Artist/maker

Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer)

Object type

print

Material and technique

mezzotint and engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

188 x 251 mm (plate); 212 x 289 mm (sheet)
Associated place
- Europe › United Kingdom › England › Gloucestershire › Gloucester City › Gloucester Cathedral › Gloucester Cathedral (subject)
Inscription

Verso, all in graphite:
top left: 30
top, left of centre: SUP 170
top right (recent): 'out of frames in study cabinet'

Provenance

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.SUP.170
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

church

hare (Lepus)

landscape

mammal
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. Supplementary no. 170