John Ruskin

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

1839/1900 · Graphite (recto and verso) on buff wove paper · 22.7 × 27.5 cm (8 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Fortresses in Tyrol, near Mals (recto); Castle in Lenzburg (verso), Ruskin, 1839/1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Ruskin, Fortresses in Tyrol, near Mals (recto); Castle in Lenzburg (verso), 1839/1900. Graphite (recto and verso) on buff wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and the Estate of Roger McCormick

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