Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Ruskin, 1819–1900, British
Title:
A View of Susa, Italy, from the West
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on thick, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (29.2 x 37.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower right: "a"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1584
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hills | cathedral | buildings | churches | landscape | cityscape | steeples | river | valley | town | campanile | mountains
Associated Places:
Europe | Italy | Cottian Alps | Torino | Piemonte | Susa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)

Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
John Baskett, English drawings and watercolors, 1550-1850, in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon , The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 1972, p. 106-7, cat. 150, NC228 B37+ (YCBA)

Eric Shanes, Turner, the great watercolours , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2000, p. 49, fig. 27, NJ18 T85 S446 2000 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors, drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 70, pl. 71, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6349