The Seven Lamps of Architecture - Panel of Pulpit at Siena (unfinished)By John Ruskin 1880 – 1910 Accession number: 1978P521.15 Photo-engraving from published folio. Width: 300 mm Height: 440 mm InformationRuskin published 'The Seven Lamps of Architecture' in 1849 (Smith, Elder, and Co., London). It was his first book to discuss architectural theory. The volume examines the ways in which architectural decoration symbolises the state of society. It was so successful that it was republished in new editions in 1855 and 1880. This is one of a group of 15 engravings of the illustrations from the book. However, this engraving was not included, perhaps as it appears unfinished. It is not possible to identify the engraver as there are no inscriptions but it is likely to have been the publisher and engraver George Allen. The group of engravings appear to have been published in a separate folio without the text, testifying to the popularity of Ruskin's book and the value of the illustrations as works of art in their own right.
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