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John Ruskin

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Watercolor and pencil sketch of a Rhine riverside town with a church tower, half-timbered houses and a wooden bridge.

Lauffenburg on the Rhine

1863

Watercolor landscape of a hillside with trees and misty alpine peaks in pale blue and gold, by John Ruskin.

Bernese Oberland

1866

Watercolor study of Gothic arches, carved capitals, columns, decorative roundels and a figure in armor on tan paper.

The Casa Loredan, Venice

1850

Pencil and watercolor study of a budding sycamore tree with pale grey shading behind its branches.

Budding Sycamore

c. 1876

Merganser

February 29, 1890

Watercolour of a ruined stone tower and steps above a hazy blue mountain valley, with small figures in the foreground.

Italian mountain scene

1833

Pencil and watercolor landscape of craggy limestone cliffs, a tower and buildings at right, under a cloudy sky.

Mont Saleve

c. 1840

Pencil and wash drawing of a palazzo, tower and domed church with figures near an arched doorway under cloudy sky.

Viterbo

c. 1840-49

Pencil sketch of fortresses and a castle on rocky cliffs in mountainous Tyrol, with a small chapel on a distant peak.

Fortresses in Tyrol, near Mals (recto); Castle in Lenzburg (verso)

1839/1900

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a gnarled tree trunk with drooping leaves above a steep, rocky hillside in blue-gray washes.

Spanish Chestnut

n.d.

Engraved-style print of a steep mountain gorge with cliffs, rushing water in the foreground, and distant peaks.

Sand Mountain Scene

n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a rushing torrent through a steep rocky gorge with distant mountain peaks under a pale sky.

Torrent in Tyrol

n.d.

Loose pencil and watercolor sketch of a river rushing over rocks through a wooded gorge, labeled Greta.

Greta

1876

Grey and white watercolor study of an ornate carved column capital with scrolling foliage and rosette motifs.

Byzantine Column Capital

n.d.

Watercolor of a deep Swiss alpine valley with steep cliffs, a village on the valley floor, and distant snowy peaks.

The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

ca. 1866

Pencil and wash sketch of Naples rooftops with a smoking volcano and mountains in the distance.

Naples

1841 (?)

Brown wash drawing of a stone arched bridge with pinnacles, houses and a distant town beneath a cloudy sky.

Bridge at Croyland

c. 1860-69

Pencil and watercolor sketch of shrubs and trees on a rocky outcrop under a dark cloud sky.

Shrubs and Trees in Rocky Landscape

c. 1845

Pale watercolor study of a birch tree beside a curving path, with feathery trees fading into mist on the right.

Tree Study

mid-1850s