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

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Photograph of Nicola Pisano's Siena Pulpit Anonymous Italian

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Anonymous Italian (Anonymous, Italian) (photographer)
    after Nicola Pisano (active 1258 - 1278) (sculptor)
    Object type
    photograph
    Material and technique
    albumen print
    Dimensions
    172 x 194 mm (photograph); 218 x 308 mm (mount)
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Verso:
    centre, in graphite, struck through in ink: 36
    bottom, right of centre, in graphite: E151
    above centre, the Ruskin School's stamp

    On a separate small paper label, in ink: 101.
    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.ED.151
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

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  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 101

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Spottiswoode, 1874), cat. Educational no. 151

    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. Educational no. 151

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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Ruskin's Catalogues

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