John Ruskin Exhibition in Sheffield

2nd May 2013

This is likely to be of great interest to William Morris fans. There is a fascinating exhibition entitled Force of Nature: Picturing Ruskin’s Landscapes which is on display at Museums Sheffield, until Sunday 23^rd June, 3013. John Ruskin, (William Morris’ great inspiration and friend), was, like Morris himself, a truly remarkable Victorian. Ruskin’s influence on Victorian society was wide-ranging and profound and still reverberates through our era.

Foreground Leafage (From Modern Painters, by John Ruskin, 1856)

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