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Study of an Australian opal
Maker
1839-1921
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1819-1900
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Width: 17.7 cm
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This carefully observed drawing, previously attributed to Ruskin, is most probably one of this group. The opal itself was sold in 1924 to the British Museum by Ruskin’s cousin and closest relative, Joan Severn.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Ruskin and his Circle, Arts Council Gallery, London, 17/01/1964-15/02/1964
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, 1904
Royal Watercolour Society, London, 1901
Ruskin Museum, Coniston, 1900 ...Less
Literature
no. 30
ill. on p. 117
Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
cat. no. 30
ill. on p. 117
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 46
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 68 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Former backing sheet (removed, now in object file): graphite: "Australian opal, given by J.R. / to Mr Allen / by A. Macdonald / Frame No. 416". Former backing sheet, now missing, attested to in notes in file, following on from previous inscription, Robert Witt's hand: "i.e. Director of Ruskin School at Oxford" [in reference to MacDonald].
Collector's mark: none.
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