Aiguilles of Chamonix
By John Ruskin
1849
Accession number: 1907P150
Watercolour over pencil on paper.
Width: 475 mm
Height: 346 mm
Information
Ruskin spent a month in Chamonix in the summer of 1849, during the period when he was writing 'Modern Painters'. His fondness for the place is illustrated by the numerous sketches he made there.
- Presented by Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, 1907.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Ruskin | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 [inside a captial C] / Village of Tines // Chaminoux // B Coliere [?] // P Cam. [?] | ||||
| Inscription | below image | Handwritten | - | Inscribed in the artist's handwriting with the names of peaks, etc.. Capital C in blue ink; other inscriptions in pencil. |
| Mont Blanc / Valley of Chaminoux / from [illegible] / Les Tines | ||||
| Inscription | reverse | Handwritten | - | In pencil. |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruskin Exhibition | |||
| 70 | Coniston | 1900-07-21 - 1900-09-15 | |
| Ruskin Exhibition | |||
| 103 | Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour, London | 1901-02-04 - 1901-03-02 | |
| Ruskin Exhibition | |||
| 129 | The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London | 1907 - 1907 | |
| - | |||
| - | Royal West of England Academy | 1953 - 1953 | |
| - | Fennoy Art Gallery, Kings Lynn | 1964-02 - 1964-02 | |
| Ruskin Drawings and Watercolours | |||
| 25 | Arts Council Touring Exhibition | 1954 - 1954 | |
| Primitives to Picasso | |||
| 408 | Royal Academy, London | 1962 - 1962 | |
| - | |||
| - | Royal West of England Academy | 1953 - 1953 | |
| - | Fennoy Art Gallery, Kings Lynn | 1964-02 - 1964-02 | |
| John Ruskin and Victorian Art | |||
| 58 | Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo | 1993-02-25 - 1993-03-30 | |
| 58 | Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume | 1993-04-04 - 1993-05-09 | |
| 58 | Nara Sogo Museum of Art, Nara | 1993-05-12 - 1993-06-06 | |
| 58 | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Utsunomiya | 1993-06-13 - 1993-08-15 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruskin Exhibition: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings by the late John Ruskin | |||
| 1907 | The Fine Art Society, London | p. 22 | |
| Works of Ruskin, XXXVIII, Catalogue of Drawings | |||
| E T Cook | 1912 | George Allen, London | p. 240, no. 402 |
| John Ruskin and Victorian Art | |||
| 1993 | Tokyo Shimbun, Tokyo | p. 273, repr. p. 116 | |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Chamonix, France | Depicted |
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