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Dunstanborough Castle (from the Liber Studiorum) Turner

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher)
    Object type
    print
    Material and technique
    etching on paper
    Dimensions
    204 x 283 mm (plate); 278 x 380 mm (sheet)
    Associated place
    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

    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
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

    building

    landscape

  • 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

    • Western Art Print Room

Ruskin's Catalogues

Arts and Humanities Research Council

University of Oxford

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

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