John Ruskin
(1819-1900), Writer, artist and social reformerLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 82 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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by James Northcote
oil on linen, 1822
NPG 5973
by George Richmond
black and white chalk, circa 1857
NPG 1058
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 6 March 1875
NPG P50
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
watercolour, 1879
NPG 1336
by T.A. & J. Green
platinum print, 1880s
NPG P327
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1881
NPG 1053
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, circa 1886
NPG 3035
by Conrad Dressler
bronze bust, 1888
NPG 2030
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print, 1894
NPG P1974
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x12957
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax7533
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG Ax14797
William Bell Scott; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; John Ruskin
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG x12959
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG x12958
William Bell Scott; John Ruskin; Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 29 June 1863
NPG x128797
William Bell Scott; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; John Ruskin
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG Ax38133
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x13291
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x13290
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, (1867)
NPG x35909
Links
- Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria
- Armitt Collection, Ambleside, Cumbria
- Blue plaque, 26 Herne Hill, Herne Hill, London SE24 9QS
- Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria
- John Ruskin in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Ruskin Library, Lancaster University
- Ruskin Museum, Coniston, Cumbria
- The Ruskin Gallery, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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