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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.12
People
John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)
Title
Tower of Fribourg
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1854
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298635

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, watercolor, white gouache, graphite on cream card, darkened to brown
Dimensions
23.6 x 19.2 cm (9 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Mabel Sturgis
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 735
  • Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 34
  • Craigen Bowen and Barbara J. Mangum, "The User's Point of View: Micro-Fading Test Results and the Shaping of Exhibition Policy", The Broad Spectrum: Studies in the Materials, Techniques, and Conservation..., ed. Harriet K. Stratis, Archetype Publications (London, England, 2002), pp. 245-255, p. 252

Exhibition History

  • Drawings of John Ruskin, 1819 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/19/1979 - 03/04/1979

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