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- Title:
The Borghese Gardens
- Additional Title(s):
Landscape with Rocks
- Date:
- ca. 1840
- Medium:
- Graphite and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (16.2 x 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on backing board, lower right: "John Ruskin | The Borghese Gardens | Probably drawn 1840 (Deardon)"
Signed on verso in graphite, lower center: "J. Ruskin"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2010.6.30
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- garden | landscape | rocks (landforms) | shrubs
- Associated Places:
- Italy | Lazio | Roma | Roma | Villa Borghese
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:59695
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