Ruskin's Standard & Reference series (1872)
Exemplary works of art. In the catalogue of the Reference series, items marked 'M' are drawings "by my own Hand" (by Ruskin), P are photographs, E engravings and A by Ruskin's Assistant, Arthur Burgess.
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Engraving of Turner's "Cologne, from the River" Edward Goodall
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Ruskin text
151. Cologne. Proof of engraving, touched by Turner. (Note his sketch of the coat of arms on the tower, on the margin, above.) -
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- Artist/maker
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Edward Goodall (1795 - 1870) (engraver)after Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- engraving, with graphite alterations, on paper
- Dimensions
- 417 x 547 mm (plate); 490 x 651 mm (sheet)
- Inscription
- Recto:
beneath the image, bottom left, engraved: Drawn by J M W Turner R A
beneath the image, bottom right, engraved: Engraved by Edwd Goodall
within the image, bottom left, in graphite (Turner): faint [?] out [?] [...]
just to the left of the image, towards bottom, in graphite (Turner), three 'X's
above the plate mark, left of centre, a graphite drawing, apparently of a shield bearing arms
top right, in graphite: REF 151
running in two lines along the bottom and then up the right-hand edge, in graphite (Turner): X a few vertical Lines like XX ... by the first [?] tower [...] along front [...] boat at [...] tower [...] long the [...] of wood excepting O | If you can clear or blend all the Sky between the Chuches marked / / / / / into one tone ['one tone' underlined] so much the better but avoid [...; underlined] it will spoil all there are a few [...] lines ||between the [sketch of a two-masted boat] boat and flying Bridge you have [?; 'you have' struck through] in[...]d for lights to be Burnished, but [...] they are too [...]
Verso, 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.REF.151
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Reference Series Including Temporarily the First Section of the Standard Series (London: Smith, Elder, [1872]), cat. Reference no. 151
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. 151
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Standard & Reference series (1872)
151. Cologne. Proof of engraving, touched by Turner. (Note his sketch of the coat of arms on the tower, on the margin, above.)
