John Ruskin, 1856, by an unknown photographer (original) (raw)

John Ruskin

Unknown photographer

c. 1856

Photograph

Source: Works, Frontispiece, volume XXXVI.

The volume’s “List of Illustrations” describes it as a photograph taken at the Working Men’s College. Jeremy Maas considers this the finest early photograph of Ruskin.

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