Gneiss Rock, Glenfinlas

John Ruskin

1853

Pencil, ink, wash, china white, and scratching out

18 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches

Collection: Ashmoleon Museum, Oxford University

Source: Hewison, John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye, which points out that “stimulated by Millais, Ruskin concentrates his geological knowledge into a powerful example of the first or der of truth.”

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