John Ruskin is a portrait of the leading Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900). It was painted by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais (1829–1896) during 1853–54. John Ruskin was an early advocate of the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists and part of their success was due to his efforts.
John Ruskin (Millais)
Study of Gneiss Rock, Glenfinlas, pen and ink, 1853, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.
Ruskin in 1863
The grave of John James Ruskin, father of John Ruskin, in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley, Croydon
Ruskin as a young child, painted by James Northcote
10 Rose Terrace, Perth (on the right), where Ruskin spent boyhood holidays with Scottish relatives