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John Ruskin was an Oxford graduate and had many later connections with the University, being appointed the first Slade Professor of Fine Art 1868. He also assisted Sir Henry Acland in raising funds for the building of a University Museum (chiefly of Natural History) and its decoration in the late 1850s. Ruskin made ten designs for the sculptural ornament of the Gothic Revival building's windows, although few of his ideas were implemented. The influential writer John Ruskin was an Oxford graduate and had many later connections with the university, being appointed the first Slade Professor of Fine Art in 1868. He also assisted Sir Henry Acland in raising funds for the building of a University Museum (chiefly of natural history) and its decoration in the late 1850s. Ruskin made ten designs for the sculptural ornament of the Gothic Revival building's windows, although only a little was ever executed.
- Presented by the Trustees of the Sir John Middlemore Estate, 1972.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
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Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
John Ruskin |
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Inscriptions
Type |
Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
J.R.'s design for Oxford Museum window. |
Inscription |
below image |
Handwritten |
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Inscription by Ruskin's cousin Joan Severn.. Pencil. |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Ruskin Exhibition |
67 |
Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London |
1907-3 - 1907-04 |
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British Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Watercolours |
79 |
Art Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest |
1982-12-08 - 1983-01-02 |
79 |
National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens |
1983-01-12 - 1983-03-06 |
79 |
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
1983-03-17 - 1983-05-08 |
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John Ruskin and Victorian Art |
118 |
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo |
1993-02-25 - 1993-03-30 |
118 |
Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume |
1993-04-04 - 1993-05-09 |
118 |
Nara Sogo Museum of Art, Nara |
1993-05-12 - 1993-06-06 |
118 |
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Utsunomiya |
1993-06-13 - 1993-08-15 |
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Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites |
90 |
Tate Britain, London |
2000-03-09 - 2000-05-26 |
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Gaudi: Surroundings |
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Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona |
2002-05-30 - 2002-09-08 |
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
2002-10-15 - 2003-01-06 |
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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. 16 |
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Works of Ruskin, XXXVIII, Catalogue of Drawings |
Alexander Wedderburn, E T Cook |
1912 |
George Allen, London |
p. 272, no. 1255 |
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John Ruskin and Victorian Art |
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1993 |
Tokyo Shimbun |
p. 293, repr. p. 165 |
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Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites |
Ian Warrell, Robert Hewison, Stephen Wildman |
2000 |
Tate Gallery Publishing, London |
p. 110, repr. p. 110 |
Provenance
Purchased by John T. Middlemore at the Ruskin exhibition, Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London, 30th October 1908; presented to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1972. |
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Type |
Oxford University Museum, Oxford, England. |
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