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Ruskin drew throughout his life and he made numerous botanical studies of flowers. This example is typically analytical, reflecting his view that 'students should only produce the plain, unaffected and finished tranquility of the thing before you'.
- Presented by an anonymous donor, 1904.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Artist |
John Ruskin |
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Inscriptions
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353 Persephone [crossed out] Primrose. M. 30.1219. intermedia. / 29.1181. nivea / Pistil with two / leaves of Calyx. / Fruit at base. / Corolla. ill developed? / Outside Inside showing stamens / Section of Calyx / White hairs on outside / Well developed / True section of leaf and stamen / a little magnified / Note the pollen on root of / leaf with tendency to become [underlined] / a stamen / Top of the stigma seen / in centre of cavity |
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Handwritten |
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In artist's handwriting.. In brown ink. |
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352 / It seems it is an internal [?] important distinction / in flowers whether the stamens rise from the / Calyx or Corolla / We have the Calyx - in every degree of / development. It is hardly seen in the / Lilac - the corolla is all. white / in currant and gooseberry. The / corolla is hardly seen. The Calyx is all. / In most flowers we have both. / We may have. (let a. be calyx / c. corolla. o. ovary) stamens placed on 1. 2. |
Inscription |
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Handwritten |
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Inscription in the artist's handwriting. Accompanied by simple plant diagrams by the artist. . In brown ink. |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Ruskin Exhibition |
60 |
The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London |
1907-03 - 1907-04 |
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John Ruskin |
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Museum of Art of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest, Romania |
1982-12-08 - 1983-01-02 |
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National Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece |
1983-01-12 - 1983-03-06 |
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National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary |
1983-05-08 - 1983-03-17 |
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John Ruskin: The Last Chapter |
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Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield |
1989-09-02 - 1989-12-22 |
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Lely to Turner: British Watercolours 1640-1860 from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery |
53 |
The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Sweden |
2007-05-18 - 2007-09-09 |
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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. 15 |
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Works of Ruskin, XXXVIII, Catalogue of Drawings |
Alexander Wedderburn, E T Cook |
1912 |
George Allen, London |
p. 276, no. 1355 |
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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. 372 |
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Lely to Turner: British Watercolours 1640-1860 from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery |
Paul Goldman |
2007 |
The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Sweden |
p. 150; repr. 151 |
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