Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Ruskin, 1819–1900, British
Title:
A View of Susa, Italy, from the West
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on thick, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (29.2 x 37.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower right: "a"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1584
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | valley | cityscape | river | hills | mountains | buildings | campanile | cathedral | churches | town | steeples
Associated Places:
Europe | Cottian Alps | Italy | Torino | Susa | Piemonte
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)

Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
John Baskett, English drawings and watercolors, 1550-1850, in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon , The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 1972, p. 106-7, cat. 150, NC228 B37+ (YCBA)

Eric Shanes, Turner : the great watercolours, , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2000, p. 49, fig. 27, NJ18 T85 S446 2000 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 70, pl. 71, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6349