Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Ruskin, 1819–1900, British
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:
leaves | kantharos | owl | science | animal art | botany
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)

Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27)
Publications:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6355