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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.33.101
People
Arthur Mackmurdo, British (London, England 1851 - 1942 Essex, England)
After John Ruskin, British (London, England 1819 - 1900 Brantwood, England)
Previously attributed to Charles Herbert Moore, American (New York, NY 1840 - 1930 Harley Witney, Hampshire, England)
Title
Latin Inscription, after Ruskin
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306292

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and wash, white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 31.9 cm (8 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
mount: 24.4 x 31.5 cm (9 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Graphite border drawn around image.: 8.8 x 19.9 cm (3 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to 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
1926.33.101
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is copied from a drawing by John Ruskin; see photocopy in curatorial file. The drawing is no. 9 in his Rudimentary Series of 1878 at Oxford, and is described as "Italian engraved writing of the Lombardic School." The inscription is carved into one of the foundation stones of the Duomo of Lucca, which dates to 1060. It translates as "Hoc opus cepit", or "[so-and-so] started this work" and would probably have been used for a work by more than one artisan.

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. 49

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

Verification Level

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