Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
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Study of a Kingfisher, with dominant Reference to Shade John Ruskin
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R|202} Study of Kingfisher, with dominant reference to shade, but local colour still kept note of, as an element of shade. M. -
Details
- Artist/maker
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John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- pen and ink over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 260 x 333 mm
- Inscription
- Verso, left, above centre, 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.202
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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. 167
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. 202, RUD.202
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. 202
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 202
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 202
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. 202
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|202} Study of Kingfisher, with dominant reference to shade, but local colour still kept note of, as an element of shade. M. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|202} Study of Kingfisher, with dominant reference to shade, but local colour still kept note of, as an element of shade. M.
R. 202. Pencil on white paper reinforced with black.Study of Halcyon.To be drawn with BB pencil, on standard white, and touched with common ink, nothing else.
The object of this study is to enable you to use a BB pencil as if it were black paint; gradating with it rapidly. The use of the ink is to define essential lines which the dusty pencil is apt to lose; and to secure blacks that do not shine.
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|202} Study of Kingfisher, with dominant reference to shade, but local colour still kept note of, as an element of shade. M.
R. 202. Pencil on white paper reinforced with black.Study of Halcyon.To be drawn with BB pencil, on standard white, and touched with common ink, nothing else.
The object of this study is to enable you to use a BB pencil as if it were black paint; gradating with it rapidly. The use of the ink is to define essential lines which the dusty pencil is apt to lose; and to secure blacks that do not shine.
