Viterbo
John Ruskin
c. 1840–49
Medium
Graphite, with brush and watercolor and gouache, on gray wove paper, laid down on board
Dimensions
26.3 × 36.8 cm (10 3/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
2736
About the Artist
John Ruskin
Ruskin was the most important British architectural critic of the nineteenth century. While still an undergraduate, Ruskin contributed a number of articles on "The Poetry of Architecture" under the nom de plume of Kata Phusin to J. C. Loudon's "Architectural Magazine." He was appointed first Slade Professor at Oxford University in 1868. He is the author of "The Stones of Venice."