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Dunstanborough Castle (from the Liber Studiorum) Turner
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- etching on paper
- Dimensions
- 204 x 283 mm (plate); 278 x 380 mm (sheet)
- Associated place
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- Europe › United Kingdom › England › Northumberland › Craster › Dunstanburgh Castle › Dunstanburgh Castle (subject)
- Inscription
- Recto, below the image, etched: In the Possession of Wm Penn Esqr
Verso:
centre right, the Ruskin School's stamp
just below, in ink: T.9.
On the front of the old cover mount, all in graphite:
bottom right of window: F.14 The Etching in its II state
bottom right: R155
bottom centre: Dunstanborogh [sic] Castle
bottom left: RUD 155
On the back of the old cover mount, upper right, in graphite: Dunstabourgh [sic] Castle (Etching) | F14
- 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 1878; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.RUD.155
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Finberg, Alexander J., The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum: With a New Catalogue Raisonné (London: Ernest Benn, 1924), no. 14.E.II
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 155
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. 155
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
155. Dunstanborough CastleAnother etching of standard quality, firm lines being opposed to faint ones according to their distance. This etching ought to be copied by all students; it will give them little trouble and much knowledge.
