1928.11: Studies of Leaves; verso: Skull of an Animal

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1928.11

People

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

Title

Studies of Leaves; verso: Skull of an Animal

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1853

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298674

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, blue watercolor, and white gouache on cream wove paper; verso: black ink, gray wash over graphite

Dimensions

sight: 25.1 x 38.5 cm (9 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Miss Mabel Sturgis, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Mabel Sturgis

Accession Year

1928

Object Number

1928.11

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Gail S. Weinberg, Drawings of John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 36
• John Dixon Hunt, The Wider Sea: A Life of John Ruskin, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd (London, 1982), repr. between pp. 272-273
• R. Dyke Benjamin and Peter Accardo, Remembering John Ruskin, exh. cat., The Grolier Club (New York, NY, 2000), cat. no. 24

Exhibition History

• [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
• Remembering John Ruskin, The Grolier Club, New York, 02/16/2000 - 04/29/2000

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