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Watercolour - Aiguilles of Chamonix

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1907P150
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1849 - 1849

Maker Information

Artist:John Ruskin - View biography for John Ruskin

Notes

Ruskin spent a month in Chamonix in the summer of 1849, during the period when he was writing 'Modern Painters'. His fondness for the place is illustrated by the numerous sketches he made there.

Presented by Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, 1907.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
School/Style:Landscape
Medium:Watercolour over pencil on paper.
Material(s):Paper

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Dimensions

Height:346 mm
Width:475 mm