1926.33.154: Trunk of a Tree

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1926.33.154

People

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

Title

Trunk of a Tree

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1856

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298598

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, dark brown ink and gray wash on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

16.7 x 12.6 cm (6 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University

Accession Year

1926

Object Number

1926.33.154

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Charles Herbert Moore, Catalogue, with Notes, of Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice; and of Fac-similes and Original Works to be Used as Exercises in Drawing, Belonging to the Fine Arts Department of Harvard University, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 1878), no. 30
• Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 19

Exhibition History

• Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice..., Harvard Art Club, Cambridge, 12/01/1878 - 12/31/1878
• [John Ruskin exhibition], Smith College Museum of Art, 12/01/1949 - 12/21/1949; Yale University Art Gallery, 01/01/1950 - 01/31/1950
• Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979

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