Calais
Datenot dated
Attributed to
John Ruskin
(English architectural critic and author, 1819–1900)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 2 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (6 × 8.9 cm)
sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 5/16 in. (10.5 × 13.5 cm)
sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 5/16 in. (10.5 × 13.5 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-87
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIt is unclear whether this work is the hand of John Ruskin, as there is no existing confirming documentation. The small size of this work and its seemingly rapid execution in pen and ink suggest that it was a sketch made on the spot. Artists use such a format and medium when a view or event (sometimes a weather event) excites their imagination.
