DrawingsBritish19th century

Study of a Venetian Capital

1852(?)

Artists

John RuskinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown and black ink, blue-gray wash, and graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.7 x 15.7 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

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