Live Auction 7397British Art on Paper
John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)
Lot 174

John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)

Study of an architrave

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GBP 2,880

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John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)
Study of an architrave
inscribed 'over the door' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour
6¼ x 8 in. (15.9 x 20.3 cm.)

Mary Wilkinson, Rose Cottage, Coniston.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 March 2002, lot 246, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

An inscription on the reverse of the present drawing suggests that it was in the possession of Mary Wilkinson, Ruskin's housekeeper, in 1938, along with seventeen other sketches.