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Blossoming vine, and seven detail drawings

(English, 1819–1900)
Medium/TechniqueSepia pen and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 10.0 x 16.7 cm (3 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. E. Stanley Abbot
Accession number42.289
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLL in ink: Louisa Fransen; sketches lettered a-f
ProvenanceGiven by Ruskin to Francesca Alexander, 1885; left by Francesca Alexander to her relatives Misses Charlotte and Emily Hallowell; given by the Hallowells to Dr. E. Stanley Abbott, Wayland, MA; 1942, gift of Dr. E. Stanley Abbot to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 14, 1942)
Filago, Arvensis
John Ruskin
Blossoming Vine
John Ruskin
pre–1885
Chateau of Neuchâtel
John Ruskin
1839–1900
John Ruskin
1839–95
Sketch of Bellinzona
John Ruskin
about 1845
Saxifraga Geum
John Ruskin
1873
Cup of a flower
John Ruskin
Leaf Cluster
John Ruskin
Bust of a Young Girl
Sir Joshua Reynolds