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building. The grounds behind the house are shown in a drawing by Ruskin, done in 1860 (Plate XXVIII.); the drawing is in pen and sepia (10 x 14) and is in Mrs. Severn’s possession; whilst one of his favourite walks and seats is shown in a wood-engraving (Plate XXXVII.).

Twenty-seven Plates remain to be noticed, here introduced to illustrate the author’s text from his own drawings. From his tour of 1835, two drawings are given: one of the “Ducal Palace”-a pen drawing (9½ x 13½; Plate VIII.)-is humorously described in the text (p. 182); it is now in the possession of Mr. F. Manson. The other (XXX.), of the “Belfry of Calais” (p. 416), is in pencil (13 x 7¾) and is at Brantwood.

Of Oxford, two drawings are given. One is a reproduction in colours of “Christ Church” (Plate IX.). The drawing, in water-colours (10x13), is in the possession of Mr. F. R. Hall. The other drawing shows the panelled room in the High Street (XI.) where Ruskin’s mother lodged during her son’s residence in Christ Church (p. 199). The pencil drawing (10¼x7) is in the possession of Mrs. Menzies Jones.

A drawing of Roslyn (Plate X., p. 233) is of the year 1838. It is in pencil (13½x9¾), and hangs in the drawing-room at Brantwood.

Ruskin’s winter abroad 1841-1842 is represented by five drawings. That of Florence (Plate XII.) is described in the text (p. 270); it is in pencil and tint (12½x19) and is at Brantwood. “The Fountain of Trevi” (XIII.) is a characteristic example of the Proutesque work which Ruskin did at this period in Rome; the drawing, in pencil and body-colour (13¼x19), is at Brantwood. The drawing of “Naples and Vesuvius” (XIV.), in pencil and colour (13½x18), is in possession of Mr. G. D. Pratt (Brooklyn). That of “Itri” (XV.) is mentioned in the text (p. 290); it is in pencil and tint (13x18) and is at Brantwood. The drawing of “Amalfi” (XVI.) is mentioned in his diary (see p. 295 n.); it is also in pencil and tint (13 x 18) and is at Brantwood.

Of the year 1842, two characteristic drawings are given. One, showing “The Square of Cologne” (Plate XVII.), is mentioned in the text (p. 316); it is in pencil, wash, and body-colour (12 x 19), and is in the possession of Mr. W. Pritchard Gordon, by whose kind permission it is here reproduced. The drawing of “Chamouni” (XX.) is in water-colour (12¾x 17½), and is in Mrs. Cunliffe’s collection.

The study of foreground “On the Old Road to Chamouni” (Plate XXI.) is of the year 1844. It was formerly in the possession of Sir John Simon, for whom Ruskin described it on the back as “Study of Rocks and Lichens in the glen below Les Montets, in the

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