John Ruskin

Byzantine Column Capital

n.d. · Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper · 10.8 × 16.2 cm (4 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

Byzantine Column Capital, Ruskin, n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago

Ruskin, Byzantine Column Capital, n.d.. Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick

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