| Title: | 1937P382 View of the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius |
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| Description: |
1937P382 View of the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius, 1840 Artist: John Ruskin From PreRaphaelites.org: This work may be one of two drawings described by Cook and Wedderburn as 'Vesuvius (?)' ('Works of Ruskin, XXXVIII, Catalogue of Drawings,' p. 304). These drawings were exhibited at the Fine Art Society exhibition in 1907 and dated to 1840. However, Cook and Wedderburn recall that there was some doubt as to their attribution and Ruskin's cousin Joan Severn (nee Agnew) felt impelled to write to the 'Daily Telegraph' in their defence. On 18 March 1907 she wrote: 'these drawings were given to me by my cousin (John Ruskin) a good many years ago, and once here, when some friend said they were unlike his style, I took them to him... for their history. He turned them over, dictating as he handed them to me, what I was to put on the back. On seeing these particular drawings he at once said, "That's me in 1840!" and got me to write these words at the back of each.' Unfortunately, this work is now held down at all four corners and it is impossible to see if they bear any inscription on the reverse. |
| Keywords: |
Landscape, Mountain, Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Watercolour, Italy, Art Movement/Pre-Raphaelite |
| Usage Rights: | Creative Commons 0 - Public Domain. Optional attribution: Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0 |
| Height: | 188 |
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| Width: | 302 |
| Unit: | mm |
| Credit Line: | Presented by the Friends of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery on behalf of Alderman W.A. Cadbury, 1937. |
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