By the Way-side

Physical description

Drawing.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)

Date

1859 (made)

Artist/maker

John Ruskin, born 1819 - died 1900 (artist)
Turner, born 1775 - died 1851 (after, artist)

Materials and Techniques

Drawing in pen, ink and watercolour

Marks and inscriptions

'J Ruskin after J.M.W.T. 1859.'
'Drawing made by J. R. (1855 or 1859) from Turner’s ‘Richmond Yorkshire’ for the 55th plate in Mod. P. (Vol V).'

Dimensions

Height: 15.2 cm, Width: 8.9 cm

Descriptive line

'By the Way-side', drawing by John Ruskin for plate 55 of the artist's Modern Painters, a detail of a section of J. M. W. Turner's watercolour 'Richmond, Yorkshire', 1859.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

RUSKIN, John (1819-1900)

By the Way-side. Original drawing for Plate 55, engraved by J. C. Armytage, in Volume V (1860) of the artist’s Modern Painters, being a detail from the right-hand section of J. M. W. Turner’s water-colour ‘Richmond, Yorkshire’.
Signed J Ruskin after J.M.W.T. 1859. Inscribed on the mount, probably by the artist Drawing made by J. R. (1855 or 1859) from Turner’s ‘Richmond Yorkshire’ for the 55th plate in Mod. P. (Vol V).
Pen and ink and water-colour.
E.309-1952

Bequeathed by Miss Rose Shipman

Note: The water-colour by Turner of ‘Richmond, Yorkshire’, formerly in the collection of Ruskin, is in the Department of Paintings, P.17-1938.’

Production Note

This watercolour is an original drawing for Plate 55, engraved by J. C. Armytage, in Volume V (1860) of the artist’s <i>Modern Painters</i>, being a detail from the right-hand section of J. M. W. Turner’s water-colour ‘Richmond, Yorkshire’.

Materials

Watercolour; Ink

Techniques

Drawing

Collection code

PDP