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| Maker(s): | Ruskin, John | | Culture: | British (1819 - 1900)
| | Title: | Scene on Lake of Sempach; Sketch of Waterfall Above
| | Date Made: | 1833
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | pen with brown ink over pencil on buff paper
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; England
| | Measurements: | sheet: 9 1/16 x 11 5/8 in.; 23.0188 x 29.5275 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscribed in brown ink below image: Scene on the Lake of Sempach. / Righi kulm to the right, Rossberg to left. The Mythen in the center, dated in pencil on mount: 1833
| | Accession Number: | SC 1950.20.2
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Charles E. Goodspeed
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description: bottom landscape with low growth in foreground, crop of trees to right, water in middle distance and opposite shore with trees and mountains behind, top landscape with steep inclines covered in low scrubby growth, waterfall in center
Tags: landscapes; vegetation; water; exterior Subjects: Plants; exterior; Landscapes; Water Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1950.20.2 |
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