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Study of the Skeleton of a Dalmatian Pelican

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Artist

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

This drawing was made by life at the Zoological Gardens in London. It relates to a drawing of a Dalmatian Pelican (sold at Christie’s on 17th June 2014, lot 51 for £20,000) and the two drawings were evidently mounted and exhibited together. E.T. Cook records that this latter drawing was `one of a large number of [studies of] different birds which Ruskin made from life at the Zoological Gardens’ (see E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn (eds.), Works of John Ruskin (Library Edition), 1912, vol. 25, p. liii). Ruskin mainly worked on natural history studies from 1870 onwards.

Inscription

Inscribed lower right: Pelican

Descriptive Medium

Pencil on light blue paper

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

London Zoo, Regents Park, London, England

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Birds

Category

Glossary
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