John Ruskin sketch for John Henry Le Keux, between 1855-1856?
- Call Number:
- MSS 37
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Title(s):
- John Ruskin sketch for John Henry Le Keux
- Date:
- between 1855-1856?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 49
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The collection is open without restriction.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- This sketch, labelled as "No. 15", refers to figures 5-7 in Plate 25 in Modern Painters Vol. 4, about which Ruskin gives Le Keux detailed instruction in his previous letter [p. 43-47]. The sketch depicts gradations of shading moving horizontally from letters "x" to "z" and vertically from letters "a" to "b". On the sketch, Ruskin has written "you are not up to the mark yet." Sketch measures 5.4 x 17.7 cm.
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Photographs, Albumen prints, and Drawings (visual works)
- Subject Terms:
- EngraversEngravingIllustration of booksRuskin, John, 1819-1900. Modern paintersRuskin, John, 1819-1900. Oxford Museum
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
- Finding Aid Title:
- John Ruskin letters to John Henry Le Keux
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11772.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449684
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449684?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1