John Ruskin

Shrubs and Trees in Rocky Landscape

c. 1845 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper · 14 × 21.5 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Shrubs and Trees in Rocky Landscape, Ruskin, c. 1845
Art Institute of Chicago

Ruskin, Shrubs and Trees in Rocky Landscape, c. 1845. Pen and brown ink, with brush and watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection

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