Ashmolean − The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

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Details

Artist/maker

Arthur Burgess (1843 - 1886)

after Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour over graphite, with some scratching out, on wove paper

Dimensions

685 x 506 mm

Inscription

Recto, both in graphite:
bottom left: STAND 39
just below (recent): ? Burgess

Verso:
towards bottom left, the Ruskin School's stamp
just below, in ink: A. 12.
towards bottom right, another impression of 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.STD.039bis
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

drawing

photograph

woman
References in which this object is cited include:

References

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. Standard no. 39bis