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Drawing of Mosaics in the Vault of the Chancel of San Vitale, Ravenna Thomas Matthews Rooke

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    Thomas Matthews Rooke (1842 - 1942)
    after Anonymous
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour, bodycolour and gold paint over graphite on wove paper
    Dimensions
    408 x 521 mm
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Recto, both in graphite (Rooke?):
    top, towards right: à | J. Ruskin Esq | Coniston, Brantwood, Lancashire, England
    right, towards top: da | TM Rooke | Ravenna | 4
    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.REF.166
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    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. Reference no. 166

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

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