The Pass of Faido. John Ruskin. 1845. Source: Plate 30 in Hewison, John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye, which points out that Ruskin's on-the-spot drawing shows that his own immediate response to the scene was nearer Turner's than a topographer (6.34-41).

Bibliography

Hewison, Robert. John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye.. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976. Plate 19 in Chapter 4. [Click on image to enlarge it.]


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