Lot 38
Lot 38
JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)

Tower of Giotto, Florence, c. 1846

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USD 80,000 - USD 120,000
Closed: 26 Jun 2025
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JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)

Tower of Giotto, Florence, c. 1846

Closed: 26 Jun 2025
Closed: 26 Jun 2025
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JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)
Tower of Giotto, Florence, c. 1846
European half-plate daguerreotype, rehoused by the present owner in repurposed 19th century housing, for stabilization, accompanied by original frame
annotated 'F. Crawley' and titled in pencil by an unknown hand (paper backing, verso)
visible plate size: 534 x 4 in. (14.6 x 10.2 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby’s, Belgravia, June 28, 1978, lot 160;
Important Photographs of Landscape and Architecture, Sotheby’s, New York, December 19 1979, lot 55;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Jenny Jacobson and Ken Jacobson, Carrying off the Palaces: John Ruskin's Lost Daguerreotypes, Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 2015, cat. 181, p. 291.
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