Ornamental Study with Acanthus Motif for "The Stones of Venice"
John Ruskin
1849
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 20.1 x 16.6 cm (7 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Accession Number
1995.52.158
About the Artist
John Ruskin
Ruskin was the most important British architectural critic of the nineteenth century. While still an undergraduate, Ruskin contributed a number of articles on "The Poetry of Architecture" under the nom de plume of Kata Phusin to J. C. Loudon's "Architectural Magazine." He was appointed first Slade Professor at Oxford University in 1868. He is the author of "The Stones of Venice."