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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 Frederick Warne & Co, after  Herbert Rose Barraud - NPG x36243

John Ruskin

by Frederick Warne & Co, after Herbert Rose Barraud
photogravure, (May-June 1885)
NPG x36243

John Ruskin, by Herbert Rose Barraud - NPG x1513

John Ruskin

by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, May-June 1885
NPG x1513

John Ruskin, by Herbert Rose Barraud - NPG x38841

John Ruskin

by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, May-June 1885
NPG x38841

John Ruskin, by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by  Richard Bentley & Son - NPG Ax5407

John Ruskin

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, May-June 1885, published 1888
NPG Ax5407

John Ruskin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, after  Herbert Rose Barraud - NPG x26520

John Ruskin

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, after Herbert Rose Barraud
postcard print, 1900s (May-June 1885)
NPG x26520

John Ruskin; Arthur Severn, by John McClelland, or by  Percy Lund & Co - NPG x12189

John Ruskin; Arthur Severn

by John McClelland, or by Percy Lund & Co
half-plate glass negative, Summer 1891
NPG x12189

Joan Severn (née Agnew); Arthur Severn; John Ruskin, by John McClelland, or by  Percy Lund & Co - NPG x39718

Joan Severn (née Agnew); Arthur Severn; John Ruskin

by John McClelland, or by Percy Lund & Co
bromide print, Summer 1891
NPG x39718

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12175

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, Summer 1892
NPG x12175

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12176

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, circa 1893
NPG x12176

John Ruskin; Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt, by Sarah Angelina Acland, published by  George Allen - NPG x13297

John Ruskin; Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt

by Sarah Angelina Acland, published by George Allen
photogravure, 1 August 1893
NPG x13297

John Ruskin, by Sarah Angelina Acland - NPG x5588

John Ruskin

by Sarah Angelina Acland
platinum print, 1 August 1893
NPG x5588

John Ruskin, after Charles Philip McCarthy - NPG x5101

John Ruskin

after Charles Philip McCarthy
photogravure postcard print, (May 1894)
NPG x5101

John Ruskin, by Frederick Hollyer, published by  Walter L. Colls - NPG x138999

John Ruskin

by Frederick Hollyer, published by Walter L. Colls
photogravure, September 1894
NPG x138999

John Ruskin, by John McClelland - NPG x12174

John Ruskin

by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 14 February 1895
NPG x12174

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