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

John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

Object type

drawing

Material and technique

watercolour, bodyclour and gold paint over graphite on board

Dimensions

509 x 358 mm

Inscription

Verso, all in graphite and upside down:
bottom left (recent): P. 300 | Ruskin | 15-5-70 unmounted
bottom centre: 24

Provenance

Presented by Joan Severn to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford) in exchange for leaves from the Psalter and Hours of Isabelle of France, 1904

No. of items

1

Accession no.

WA.RS.WAL.15.a
Subject terms allocated by curators:

Subjects

illumination
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. 214

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