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John Ruskin [picture].

BIB_ID
199534
Accession number
MA 23885
Description
1 picture: cut silhouette ; 6 13/16 x 6 3/8 in. (173 x 162 mm.)
Notes
Detached from its original mount, on which is written "Silhouette Portrait of John Ruskin. The inscription 'Di Pa' etc. is in the writing of Mrs. Arthur Severn (John Ruskin Severn). This is the first, known, portrait of Ruskin."
On verso: Di Pa as a child certified by himself! In another hand: The above writing is in the hand of Mrs. A. Severn.
Summary
Silhouettes cut from black paper and pasted down, depicting John Ruskin as a boy with a dog.
Classification