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John Ruskin
1819-1900
Sketch of Coniston "Old Man"
4 7/8 x 6 13/16 inches (123 x 173 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over graphite, with pink, blue and green watercolor, on light brown card.
1974.49:30
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed variously in pen and brown ink, "runs in direct line from/ top of Old man to interval/ between Wetherlam and/ the main chain" [over pencil inscription]; "These lines are/ only to give idea/ of [?] plane"; at lower right, "Great cleavage, of my/ own rocks, continued here through/ the Old man, north and south"; at right center, "Tark [?] below". Inscribed on verso in graphite, "Coniston Old Man: cleavage of/ rocks by J. Ruskin/ Frame No. 195 (on glass)", and "("That's mine! That's my/ writing!! Well, you could knock me over/ with a feather"-"In 1919, I was working/ with Mrs. S. at Brantwood. She was turning/ out masses & masses of stuff, and I used to/ go there every day to work with her..."/ Mrs. G.)/ No. 8".
Associated names
Viljoen, Helen Gill, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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