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Ruskin's tour in 1845 took him to Switzerland and Italy travelling through places such as Lucca, Pisa and Venice. This drawing of an Italian village shows Ruskin's attention to detail in recording the places he visited.
- Presented by Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, 1907.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
John Ruskin |
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Inscriptions
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Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
a. bricks - / of plaster [?] / b. stone / c. [illegible writing] / d. [illegible writing] / in long [?] blossom / e. roof in / front [illegible writing] / detached / court behind // gourd [?] // wood |
Inscription |
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Handwritten |
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Inscribed in the artist's handwriting with numerous notes and corresponding letters as to colour and the materials of the buildings.. Pencil. |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Ruskin Exhibition |
384 |
Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour, London |
1901-02-04 - 1901-03-02 |
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Ruskin Exhibition |
77 |
The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London |
1907-03 - 1907-04 |
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Ruskin Drawings and Watercolours |
16 |
Arts Council Touring Exhibition |
1954 - 1954 |
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Peintures et Aquarelles Anglaises 1700-1900 du Musée de Birmingham |
109 |
Musée de Lyon |
1966-10-23 - 1966-11-20 |
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John Ruskin and Victorian Art |
103 |
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo |
1993-02-25 - 1993-03-30 |
103 |
Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume |
1993-04-04 - 1993-05-09 |
103 |
Nara Sogo of Art, Nara |
1993-05-12 - 1993-06-06 |
103 |
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Utsunomiya |
1993-06-13 - 1993-08-15 |
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Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites |
36 |
Tate Britain, London |
2000-03-09 - 2000-05-28 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
Ruskin Exhibition: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings by the late John Ruskin |
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1907 |
The Fine Art Society, London |
p. 17 |
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Works of Ruskin, XXXVIII, Catalogue of Drawings |
Alexander Wedderburn, E T Cook |
1912 |
George Allen, London |
p. 259, no. 899 |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons Ltd., Derby |
p. 373 |
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John Ruskin and Victorian Art |
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1993 |
Tokyo Shimbun, Tokyo |
p. 289, repr. p.152 |
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Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites |
Ian Warrell, Robert Hewison, Stephen Wildman |
2000 |
Tate Gallery Publishing, London |
p. 58, repr. pl. 36 |
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