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John Ruskin, 1819–1900, British, Owl, After an Attic Kantharos, ca. 1870
- Title:
- Owl, After an Attic Kantharos
- Date:
- ca. 1870
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (17.5 x 22.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Original Drawing by Ruskin, intended for Aratha Pentalici | 1930.229"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.811
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | botany | kantharos | leaves | owl | science
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6355
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Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Timothy J. Barringer, Unto this last : two hundred years of John Ruskin, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, p. 241, cat. 56b, NJ18.R895 .B37 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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