JOHN RUSKIN, H.R.W.S. (LONDON 1819-1900)

Lot 120
27.07.2020 09:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 875
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Lot 120 | JOHN RUSKIN, H.R.W.S. (LONDON 1819-1900)
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
JOHN RUSKIN, H.R.W.S. (LONDON 1819-1900)
Nine studies for 'The Elements of Drawing'
variously inscribed with the artist's instructions to the engraver: 'Do this very nicely'/ 'Make the dots quite at an even distance'/ 'Do in this lower one'/ 'Dear Miss Byfold [sic]/ I have two more and a little one coming/ after this. Of course I mean the line to be drawn neatly/ round it and no touches[?] to go on the margin./ Truly yours JR'
one pencil, eight pencil, pen and brown ink, one heightened with white, another with blue wash, one with partial Whatman watermark
41/2 x 71/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.) and smaller
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