Leaf Study

Date1883

Artist John Ruskin (English architectural critic and author, 1819–1900)

MediumGraphite, ink, and wash on paper

Dimensions8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (22.5 x 13.3 cm)
frame: 22 3/4 × 18 5/8 in. (57.8 × 47.3 cm)

Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2008

Object number2008-82

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Collections

Pre-Raphaelites on View

ClassificationsDRAWING

Label TextThis drawing illustrates the importance of shading. In his manual The Elements of Drawing, Ruskin explained, “Everything that you can see in the world around you, presents itself to your eyes only as an arrangement of patches of different colours variously shaded.”