Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the Old and New Societies of Painters in Water Colours, The Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition, [i.e. Academy Notes], No. V. 1859 / by John Ruskin, M.A., author of "Modern Painters", "Stones of Venice", "Seven Lamps of Architecture", "Elements of Drawing", etc., etc.

John Ruskin

RA Collection: Book

Record number

16/1413

Author

Edition

First edition.

Imprint

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill, 1859

Physical Description

56, 24 p. ; 22 cm.

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Reproductions

A copy of this book from the collection of the University of California, Riverside library has been digitised and made available online via the Internet Archive.
A digitised copy of the 1759 RA annual exhibition catalogue, the partial subject of this review, can be viewed here: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/exhibition-catalogue/ra-sec-vol91-1859

Copy Note

Pencil inscription inside front cover: G.P.B. nov. 21, 1890

Binding Note

In phase box with "Academy Notes" 1855, 1856 [another copy], 1858, 1859, 1875 [3 copies]. Spine label reads: RUSKIN: Notes on ... pictures exhibited in the ... Royal Academy. 1855, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1875 (x3)"

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