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Recto: A Study in Violet Carmine of Bay Leaves Verso: A Study in Graphite of Bay Leaves John Ruskin
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Curator’s description:
Description
As the unframed examples had not been given an order by Ruskin, they have been given arbitrary accession numbers based upon their position in Cook and Wedderburn's list of the unframed objects (XXI.308) for the purposes of the current catalogue.
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- recto: watercolour over graphite; verso: graphite, both on card
- Dimensions
- 357 x 504 mm
- Inscription
- Recto:
bottom right, in graphite: By Ruskin | Bell MS A 4
Verso, described as the image is oriented, i.e. upside down compared to the recto:
right, written up the sheet to near the top, in graphite: Wedderburn & Cook p 308. Pkt.A. 4
top, left of centre, upside down, the Ruskin School's stamp
just above, in ink, upside down: M. 45
- 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.UF.16
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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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. 136
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. Unframed
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
