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

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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.
Details

Artist/maker

Henry Stacy Marks (1829 - 1898)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

waterolour and bodycolour over graphite on grey wove paper

Dimensions

324 x 281 mm (drawing); 404 x 350 mm (mount)

Inscription

Recto, towards bottom right, in watercolour: H.S.M.

On the front of the mount, bottom left, all in graphite and written down the mount:
just left of the drawing (recent): Wedderburn & Cook p. 308
just to the left: 2
just above and to the left: these two 3" high
just to the left, enclosed within an oval: 508
below and to the left (recent): Bell MS B 23

Provenance

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.UF.18
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

leaf

plant
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. Unframed