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A Swift John Ruskin
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- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 178 x 284 mm
- Inscription
- Recto:
towards bottom right, in ink: (Swift) J.Ruskin. Brantw. 7th April. 73
bottom left, in graphite: R207
Verso, below and right of centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
On a separate piece of board, placed next to RUD.207bis.a and 207.bis.b: uc [?] | la fo[...] | 908.2 o
- 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 1906; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum c.1949
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.RUD.207bis.a
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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. 270
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. 206-213
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
