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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.113
People
John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)
Title
View of Amalfi
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1844
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297164

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor, with selective gum glaze application on brown wove paper, adhered overall to Whatman paper covered board
Dimensions
34.1 x 49.3 cm (13 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: In mount, at lower edge, near right corner: J WHATMAN / 1845

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.113
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul Walton, The Drawings of John Ruskin, Oxford University Press (UK) (London, 1972), pp. 55-56, pl. 36
  • Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 11
  • Robert Hewison, Ruskin, Turner, and the Pre-Raphaelites, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 2000), no. 49, p. 72, repr. as "Amalfi"
  • Christopher Newall, John Ruskin: Artist and Observer, exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Canada, 2014), pp. 50-51; repr. p. 51 as fig. 3.6

Exhibition History

  • Ruskin and His Circle, Tate Britain, London, 01/17/1964 - 02/15/1964
  • Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971
  • Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979
  • Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, Tate Britain, London, 03/09/2000 - 05/28/2000

Verification Level

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