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

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Curator’s description:

Description

Cook and Wedderburn listed a series of works presented by Ruskin 'on the Walls of the School, or standing on cabinets, etc.' (XXI.300). These were unnumbered, and have been given arbitrary accession numbers, based on their position in Cook and Wedderburn's list, for the purposes of the current catalogue.
Details

Artist/maker

Charles Fairfax Murray (1849 - 1919)

after Sandro Botticelli (c. 1444/1445 - 1510)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on paper

Dimensions

815 x 560 mm

Provenance

Commissioned by John Ruskin in 1879 and presumably later presented to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford)

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.WAL.02
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

man

painting

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. Wall