“Study of a Velvet Crab” (1870?) by John Ruskin (original) (raw)

Study of a Velvet Crab

John Ruskin

1870(?)

Graphite and pen and ink with washes and white bodycolor on off-white paper

31.5 x 24.5 cm.

The Ashmolean Museum (WA.RS.ED.199)

Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School, University of Oxford, 1875

Library edition (Works 31.92) has a monochrome reproduction of this work.

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Formatting by George P. Landow

© The Ashmolean Museum, the University of Oxford

Bibliography

Newall, Christopher (with contributions by Christopher Baker, Conal Shields, and Ian Jeffrey. John Ruskin Artist and Observer. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada; London Paul Holberton Publishing, 2014. No. 121. [Review in the Victorian Web]

Ruskin, John. Works, "The Library Edition." eds. E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. 39 vols. London: George Allen, 1903-1912.

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Last modified 25 February 2013