Lauffenburg on the Rhine
By John Ruskin
1863
Accession number: 1905P5
Watercolour over pencil and white bodycolour on fawn coloured paper.
Width: 269 mm
Height: 219 mm
Information
Between 1854 and 1866 Ruskin worked intermittently on a series of drawings of Swiss towns. He intened to use them for a projected history of Switzerland. This watercolour may have been made in relation to the project.
- Purchased through the Public Picture Gallery Fund, 1905.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Ruskin | - |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruskin Exhibition | |||
| 376 | Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour, London | 1901-02-04 - 1901-03-02 | |
| Ruskin Watercolours and Drawings | |||
| 23 | Arts Council Touring Exhibition | 1954 - 1954 | |
| Peintures et Aquarelles Anglaises 1700-1900 du Musée de Birmingham | |||
| 112 | Musée de Lyon | 1966-10-23 - 1966-11-20 | |
| John Ruskin: The Last Chapter | |||
| - | Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield | 1989-09-02 - 1989-12-22 | |
| Magnificent Switzerland: Views by Foreign Artists 1770-1914 | |||
| 76 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation, Villa Favorita, Lugano | 1991-08-01 - 1991-10-21 | |
| 76 | Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva | 1991-11-14 - 1992-02-02 | |
| The Art of Seeing: John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye | |||
| - | Phoenix Art Gallery, USA | 1993-03-06 - 1993-05-23 | |
| - | Indianapolis Museum of Art | 1993-06-22 - 1993-08-29 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works of Ruskin, XVII, Political Economy: Unto this last, Munera Pulveris, etc. | |||
| Alexander Wedderburn, E T Cook | 1905 | George Allen, London | repr. pl. 7 facing p. lxxvi |
| Works of Ruskin, XXXVIII, Catalogue of Drawings | |||
| Alexander Wedderburn, E T Cook | 1912 | George Allen, London | p. 261, no. 972 |
| The Art of Seeing: John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye | |||
| 1993 | Phoenix Art Gallery, USA | p. 16, repr. fig. 9 | |
Provenance
| Presented to Sir John Simon by the artist; his sale, 1904 (26 gns). |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Lauffenburg, Switzerland | Depicted |
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