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Drawing of Turner's "The Campagna of Rome" William II Ward
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Details
- Artist/maker
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William II Ward (1829 - 1908)after Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour and bodycolour over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 158 x 256 mm
- Associated place
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- Europe › Italy › Lazio › Campagna di Roma › Campagna di Roma (subject)
- Inscription
- Verso:
top right, in graphite, truncated at the edge of the sheet: [...] | ([...]
bottom right, in graphite: 147
right, below centre, truncated, the Ruskin School's stamp
- 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.RUD.147
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogue of the Rudimentary Series, in the Arrangement of 1873, ed. Robert Hewison (London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1984), cat. Rudimentary no. 147, RUD.147
Ruskin, John, Instructions in Practice of Elementary Drawing, Arranged with Reference to the First Series of Examples in the Drawings Schools of the University of Oxford (n.p., [1872]), cat. Rudimentary no. 147
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 147
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 147
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 135
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. Rudimentary no. 147
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
R|147} The Campagna, Rome. Copy of Turner. W. Ward. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|147} The Campagna, Rome. Copy of Turner. W. Ward. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|147} The Campagna, Rome. Copy of Turner. W. Ward. -
Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
now 147 135.The Campagna of Rome . As the last was the most elaborate, this is the slightest of the Italy vignettes. On that account, also, it is the best for practice and must be done by every student without exception. For expression of sunlight and air, with a few touches on white paper, I literally never saw the like of the original. The drawing of the ruined fragment of temple is admirable practice. Such work is continually wanted in drawing Italian subjects.
