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John Ruskin

(1819-1900), Writer, artist and social reformer

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 80 portraits
One of the great thinkers and critics of the Victorian period, whose writings profoundly influenced attitudes to art, architecture and aesthetics; published 'Modern Painters', 1843-60, 'Seven Lamps of Architecture', 1849, and 'Stones of Venice' 1851-3; later turned to social and political problems, advocating socialistic reforms; keenly interested in science and an accomplished watercolourist. His unfinished autobiography, Praeterita is a highly selective account, and a radically different approach to autobiography, intended as an 'informal assemblage of memories'.

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John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x13295

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
cabinet card, 14 February 1895
NPG x13295

John Ruskin; Peter Baxter, by John McClelland - NPG x39719

John Ruskin; Peter Baxter

by John McClelland
bromide print, 14 February 1895
NPG x39719

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12178

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, July 1897
NPG x12178

John Ruskin, after John McClelland - NPG x38850

John Ruskin

after John McClelland
postcard print, 17 July 1897
NPG x38850

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12179

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12179

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12180

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12180

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12181

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12181

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12182

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12182

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12183

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12183

John Ruskin; Joan Severn (née Agnew), by John McClelland - NPG x12184

John Ruskin; Joan Severn (née Agnew)

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12184

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12185

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12185

John Ruskin, by Francis Holl, after  George Richmond - NPG D33440

John Ruskin

by Francis Holl, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1857
NPG D33440

John Ruskin (Men of the Day, No. 40.'), by Adriano Cecioni - NPG D43523

John Ruskin (Men of the Day, No. 40.')

by Adriano Cecioni
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 February 1872
NPG D43523

John Ruskin, by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by  Fine Art Society Ltd - NPG D33439

John Ruskin

by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by Fine Art Society Ltd
mezzotint and etching, published 21 July 1880 (1879)
NPG D33439

John Ruskin, by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by  Fine Art Society Ltd - NPG D18074

John Ruskin

by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by Fine Art Society Ltd
mezzotint and etching, published 21 July 1880 (1879)
NPG D18074

John Ruskin, published by The Graphic, after  Theodore Blake Wirgman - NPG D33438

John Ruskin

published by The Graphic, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
lithograph printed in black and grey, published 3 April 1886 (circa 1886)
NPG D33438

John Ruskin, by Robert Bryden, after  Elliott & Fry - NPG D33441

John Ruskin

by Robert Bryden, after Elliott & Fry
woodcut, published 1901 (1882)
NPG D33441

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John Ruskin

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, May-June 1885, published 1888
NPG x135384

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