• John Ruskin (draughtsman)

Worksheet No. 138, for 'The Stones of Venice': Details of the balcony of Palazzo Falier

between January and May 1850

- Although the worksheets were not used directly for the engravings, several details from this sheet can be found illustrated in 'The Stones of Venice': vol. 1, pls. 10 and 11; vol. 2, pls. 10, 15 and 20; vol. 3, pls. 2, 5 and 10.
- The windows of the balcony of the Palazzo Falier illustrated Ruskin's best example of a second order window. ('The Stones of Venice', vol. 2, ch. 7, section 30).

• record drawing
• dessin de détail

Pen and ink, graphite, watercolour on paper adhered overall to card

secondary support: 41.2 x 28.4 cm sheet: 37.0 x 26.6 cm

DR1990:0051

• line drawing

• sketch profiles (orthagraphic drawings)
• sketch elevations (drawings)
• sketch plans (drawings)

- Sheet was torn along left side, and has been trimmed unevenly.

inscribed - by the artist, in graphite and pen and brown ink, throughout: with title, index no., notes, and measurements

• architecture

• balcony
• cornice
• capital
• base
• acanthus
• moulding
• ogee arch