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John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)
Lot 28 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

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

View of the Kapellbrucke, with the Lake of Lucerne beyond

Closed4 June 2008

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GBP 13,750

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John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)
View of the Kapellbrucke, with the Lake of Lucerne beyond
with inscription 'by John Ruskin/given by him to me/Joan Ruskin Severn' (on the reverse)
pencil and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white, on buff paper
5¾ x 9¾ in. (14.6 x 24.7 cm.)

Joan Ruskin Severn, a gift from the artist.
with Agnew's, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London 7 April 1992, lot 194, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The drawing on the verso appears to date to circa 1846 on account of its closeness in style to a drawing of that year in the Ruskin Library, Lancaster, RF1377; Lucerne- walls and towers, dated 31 August [1846]. The recto could also be of the same date or perhaps later. Ruskin had commissioned a finished watercolour of Lucerne, seen from the same direction but from further away, from J.M.W. Turner R.A. (1775-1851) only a few years earlier, in 1842. Joan Severn was Ruskin's cousin.

We are grateful to James S. Dearden and Stephen Wildman for their help in preparing this catalogue entry.