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Engraving of John Ruskin's Drawing of a small Branch of Scots Pine, enlarged George Allen
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Details
- Artist/maker
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George Allen (engraver)after John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- etching and mezzotint
- Dimensions
- 219 x 158 mm (plate); 298 x 218 mm (sheet)
- Inscription
- Verso:
top left, in graphite (recent), written up the sheet: Formerly R 11 | 'take Photo out' | Allen after | Ruskin
top, towards right, in graphite (recent): R 285 (R)
left of centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
- 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.285bis.b
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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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.b, RUD.285.b
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
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- Western Art Print Room
