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Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield
1856-1942
Caricature of John Ruskin
Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on Bristol board.
10 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (272 x 225 mm)
Gift of Antoinette Howell in memory of her husband, Warren Richardson Howell.
1984.35
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Watermark: none.
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Inscribed variously: below, "A MODERN ART PROFESSOR;" on pendandts suspended from two trumpets, "LECTURES / AT OXFORD / 1877," on one, and "MODERN / PAINTERS," on the other; from bell of first trumpet, "SELF" (six times), from bell of other trumpet, "TURNER" (seven times).
Provenance:
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Richardson Howell.
Associated names:
Howell, Antoinette, former owner.
Howell, Warren Richardson, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 319-320.
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