John Ruskin

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John Ruskin
1819-1900
A Buttress. Verso: Sketch of a Lion's Head
Graphite, with black ink, on paper.
6 7/8 x 5 inches (171 x 126 mm)
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen.
1974.49:48
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Inscribed variously in graphite, "curved all the way"; "slopes us a li[cut off]"; "Obelisk of Nekther Hebr./ XXX dynasty/ Useful for all hieroglyphic form".

Provenance: 
Helen Gill Viljoen.
Associated names: 

Viljoen, Helen Gill, former owner.

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