Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
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Æsacus and Hesperie (from the Liber Studiorum) Turner
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R|174} Æsacus and Hesperie. -
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- Artist/maker
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Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851) (designer, etcher, engraver)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- etching and mezzotint on paper
- Dimensions
- 181 x 261 mm (sheet)
- Associated people
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Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) (publisher)
- Inscription
- Just below the image, bottom left, etched: Drawn Etched, & Engraved by I.M.W.Turner Esq R.A.P.P.
On the front of the old window mount:
below the window, bottom right, in graphite: F.66
bottom left, in graphite: R174
bottom centre, in graphite: Aesacus & Hesperie
bottom right, in graphite: State unestablishable as margins cut | Not earlier than 3rd state
On the back of the old window mount:
bottom left, in graphite: R
just below, in charcoal: 174
just below, in graphite: R 174
On the old backing board:
bottom right, in graphite: &c.&c. [?]
centre, the Rsukin School's stamp
centre left, another impression of 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.174
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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. 174, RUD.174
Finberg, Alexander J., The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum: With a New Catalogue Raisonné (London: Ernest Benn, 1924), no. 66.IIIf
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. 174
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 174
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 174
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 174
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. 174
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
remains 174.Æsacus and Hesperie . It is, on the whole, the finest Plate in the Liber Studorium etched and engraved by Turner himself throughout with his highest skill.
