1949.30.A: Town of Schaffhausen: Castle and Turrets; verso: rough sketch of castle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.30.A

People

John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)

Title

Town of Schaffhausen: Castle and Turrets; verso: rough sketch of castle

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1863-1869

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297450

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, white gouache, and watercolor on cream wove paper, darkened to brown; verso: graphite

Dimensions

22.6 × 17.3 cm (8 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Charles Childs, Boston] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, 1948, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.30.A

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, The Works of John Ruskin, G. Allen (London, England, 1903 -1912), vol. 38, no. 1498, repr. vol. 38, pl. 17
• Arthur Pope, Catalogue of Ruskin Exhibition in Memory of Charles Eliot Norton, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1909), no. 13(?)
• Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 40

Exhibition History

• Ruskin Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/01/1909 - 02/28/1910
• Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979

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