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View of the Matterhorn from Zermatt John Ruskin

  • Curator’s description:

    Description

    According to Cook and Wedderburn (XXI.278 n. 1), the drawing was removed from the Teaching Collection by Ruskin in 1887. It has not been traced, and is represented here by the engraved reproduction by J.C. Armytage included in the Library Edition.

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    216 x 311 mm (approx.; sight size)
    Associated place
    Inscription
    Ruskin: State of snow on the Matterhorn in 1849, J.R. on the spot, Aug. 2. Sketch never completed, but if I cut the margin away it would make the angles false.
    Provenance

    Presumably presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford); first recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School in 1878; removed from the Drawing School by Ruskin, 1887.

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    RUDMS.RUD.119
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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. 346

    Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 119

    Ruskin, John, ‘The Works of John Ruskin’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), vol. VI, pl. 38 (right), f.p. 284

    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

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