Accession number
PML 146533.7
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, etcher.
Published
[England : s.n., 1859?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Etched proof before letters.
Preliminary etching by John Ruskin after J.M.W. Turner, afterwards finished in mezzotint by Thomas Lupton; finished print later published as plate 85 in v. 5 of John Ruskin's Modern painters (London : George Allen, 1888).
Forms part of a bound album of proof impressions of etchings and engravings by or after John Ruskin and J.M.W. Turner (see PML 146533).
See PML 146533.8 for a copy of this print in its finished state.
Preliminary etching by John Ruskin after J.M.W. Turner, afterwards finished in mezzotint by Thomas Lupton; finished print later published as plate 85 in v. 5 of John Ruskin's Modern painters (London : George Allen, 1888).
Forms part of a bound album of proof impressions of etchings and engravings by or after John Ruskin and J.M.W. Turner (see PML 146533).
See PML 146533.8 for a copy of this print in its finished state.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 210 x 292 mm; sheet: 425 x 273 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a view of Blois Castle on top of a hill, with torchlight procession on the road in foreground at right; street leading up the hill along a wall at left, and trees at centre.
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