DrawingsBritish19th century

First Sketch of Verona Griffin

1846(?)

Artists

John RuskinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and watercolor on beige wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31.8 × 23.9 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.) frame: 42.7 × 32.4 × 1.4 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/4 × 9/16 in.)

Provenance

John Ruskin, gift; to Charles Eliot Norton, gift; to Francis H. Bacon, gift or trade; to Harold Broadfield Warren, 1926, by descent; to his grandson Langford Warren, sold; to Royal W. and Mary Joan W. Leith, 1992, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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