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Asphodel ('Wild Hyacinth of Jura') John Ruskin
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Details
- 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
- 268 x 216 mm
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.ED.023
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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. 237
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 14
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 23
Ruskin, John, ‘Educational Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Educational no. 17
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. Educational no. 23
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Educational series, 1st ed. (1871)
14 Asphodel. (Wild hyacinth of Jura). M -
Ruskin's Educational series, 2nd ed. (1874)
23. Asphodel. (Wild Hyacinth of Jura). M -
Educational, manuscript (1878)
Now 23 17.The Hyacinth of Jura. I like this name for it better than the ordinary botanical one Comosus, which it would be disagreeable to translate into Hairy Hyacinth; and the extreme commonness of the plant on the lower slopes of Jura limestone may, I think, sufficiently justify the adopted name. It is a rapid study; but, I think, successful in the various colour of the lower bells, and excellent for practising in quick work.
