1959.113: View of Amalfi
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1959.113
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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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