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Engraving of John Ruskin's Drawing of an Arum Stem, real size George Allen

Details

Artist/maker

George Allen (engraver)

after John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

Object type

print

Material and technique

etching and mezzotint on wove paper

Dimensions

226 x 161 mm (plate); 300 x 218 mm (sheet)

Inscription

Verso:
below and left of centre, in graphite, written up the sheet: R .285 (l)
centre, the Ruskin School's stamp

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.RUD.285bis.a
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

arum (Arum)

drawing

plant
References in which this object is cited include:

References

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. 285.a, RUD.285.a

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. 285bis

Location

- Western Art Print Room

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