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Cyclamen
Cyclamen

Cyclamen

John Ruskin (English, 1819–1900)
1873
Medium/TechniqueTransparent and opaque watercolor on discolored blue paper
DimensionsImage: 13.3 x 15.9 cm (5 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 21.7 x 23.8 cm (8 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Sara Norton
Accession number23.3
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsIn pen and black ink, below: In Coelum tendit/ Nec Terrae obliviscitur (It reaches toward Heaven, but is not forgetful of Earth)/ To S. N./ J. Ruskin 1873ProvenanceThe artist; his gift to Sara Norton (1864-1922, Cambridge); her bequest to MFA, acquired 4 January 1923