BIB_ID
285918
Accession number
MA 7368
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Inscribed at lower left: No. 6.
Six sketched landscape views on a single sheet made by Ruskin in the region of Lake Maggiore during a continental tour taken in 1835. Cf. P.H. Walton. The drawings of John Ruskin. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1972, p. 27-29.
Six sketched landscape views on a single sheet made by Ruskin in the region of Lake Maggiore during a continental tour taken in 1835. Cf. P.H. Walton. The drawings of John Ruskin. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1972, p. 27-29.
9 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (232 x 296 mm)
Provenance
Mat inscribed on verso: Ruskin, early drawings. Bought from Seligman (London) 1959. GNR; They were done on his continental tour of 1835. See Paul H. Walton, "The drawings of John Ruskin", Oxford, 1972, pp. 27-29; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Sketches captioned by Ruskin: Scene near Arona road to Baveno; View on the Lake Maggiore near Arona; Scene on the Lake Maggiore near Baveno; Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore the Simplon in the distance; Scene near Baveno road to Dorno d'Ossola; Scene near Dorno d'Ossola.
Medium
Graphite and ink on paper.
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