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Recto: Two Enlarged Studies of a Primrose. Verso: A reconstruction of a carved Shield, from the north Aisle of Westminster Abbey John Ruskin
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Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- recto: watercolour over graphite; verso: graphite, on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 483 x 337 mm
- Associated place
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- Europe › United Kingdom › England › Greater London › City of Westminster Borough › Westminster › Westminster Abbey › Westminster Abbey (subject)
- Inscription
- Verso (arranged upside down with respect to the recto; but recorded here as the verso is oriented), all in graphite:
arranged around the arms and in the centre of the small cross, towards top right, reading clockwise from the top: 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I'
just to the right, with a dotted line pointing to the centre of the small cross: I the line [picture of a small square] 3/8 square
right, just below top: A | C
just below: E 1 | F 1 | G 1 | H 1
just below: [...] | - E | - F | - G | - H
to the left of the top of the main shield: this line
just below, cut off by the edge of the sheet: posed center
the top left corner of the shield is labelled twice 'A'
the top right corner of the shield is labelled twice 'B'
bottom, right of centre, upside down: W.S.II.7
bottom right (recent): Cf. XXI. p. 247
- Provenance
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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.WS.II.07
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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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. 302
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. Working Series no. II.7
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
