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John Ruskin
1819-1900
Sketch of Rocks. Verso: Architectural Plans
Graphite, with touches of brown wash, on paper; verso: graphite, with pen and black ink.
5 3/4 x 3 15/16 inches (146 x 100 mm)
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen.
1974.49:32
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil at lower right [partially cut off], "The feuillets of grÖ/ to face the vigil/ Bouchard to form/ exactly at it/ from Norhamvert (?)/ the Ch[?] --/ peak edge on; and/ Ch[?] in [?] / C is given in [?]/ its left hand crag/ a hair"; below, in pen and brown ink, "Drawings from nature/ for Plates vol. 4 M. P." Inscribed on verso in pencil, ""Illustration to Modern Painters/ Vol. 4/ Drawn by J. Ruskin"; in blue ink, "L. E. VI Fig. 41. Ch. XIV p. 239/ s. 22".
Provenance:
Helen Gill Viljoen.
Associated names:
Viljoen, Helen Gill, former owner.
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