BIB_ID
285915
Accession number
MA 7367
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Published
[18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Drawing of a purple wreath-wort (Orchis mascula) in bloom, by Ruskin for v. 1, plate VII, of his: Proserpina : studies of wayside flowers, while the air was yet pure among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my father knew.
Title from published caption.
Title from published caption.
6 7/8 x 4 inches (174 x 112 mm); in mat: 12 9/16 x 9 1/4 inches
Provenance
Inscription on verso of mat: Purple orchis. The original drawing by John J Ruskin for Proserpina Vol 1 Plate VIII [sic] purchased from Mrs. Severn. Robt E. Cunliffe; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Medium
Ink with ink wash touched with white on paper.
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