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

Arthur Burgess (1843 - 1886)

after Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino (active 1457 - d. 1505) (sculptor)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

257 x 229 mm

Inscription

Verso:
top left, in graphite: 13
top centre, in graphite (recent): p. 308 - B - 5 | A Burgess | (?Ducal Palace ) St. Jerome | '13'
below centre, the Ruskin School's stamp
just below, in ink: A. 20

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.UF.43
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

animal

cave

dragon

lion (Leo)

mammal

man

religious subject

sculpture
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