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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.54
People
Albert Goodwin, British (1845 - 1912)
Previously attributed to John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)
Title
Unfinished Sketch of Siena
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1872
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298602

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache, graphite, and white chalk on cream wove paper, darkened
Dimensions
29.9 x 22.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge: Cloudy sky, rainy. Time of effect one minute all gray save cathedral, Siena, May 27, R. 187(?); lower right: May 28th / Siena

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eliot Norton, to; his daughters Sara, Margaret, and Elizabeth, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919 (purchased with money given by Samuel Sachs)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Samuel Sachs
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.54
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
two sketches on one sheet; top: Siena with cathedral; bottom: quick sketch

Publication History

  • Arthur Pope, Catalogue of Ruskin Exhibition in Memory of Charles Eliot Norton, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1909), no. 7
  • Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 48
  • Mary Jo Davis, "Technical Examination of Twelve Discolored Drawings and Watercolors by John Ruskin" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1994), Unpublished, pp. 1-17 passim

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

Verification Level

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