The Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield

Millennium Galleries
Arundel Gate
Sheffield
S1 2PP
Tel: 0114 278 2600
Email: info@sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
Website: www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/coresite/html/ruskin

he Ruskin Gallery, which is in the Millennium Galleries, contains a unique collection of minerals, paintings, drawings, ornithological prints, Medieval manuscripts, books and architectural plastercasts assembled by John Ruskin. The collection is known as the Ruskin Collection. It is owned by the Guild of St. George and cared for by Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust.

Items on display range from the small to the large. The jewel like colours in a single peacock feather are picked up in watercolours displayed alongside. Detailed drawings of architectural features and landscape views illustrate the skill of the craftsman and the beauty of nature. The front of Rouen Cathedral is recreated in large panels enlarged from photographs taken by Ruskin.

(The above is an extract taken from the museum's website. To read more, please click here: www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/coresite/html/ruskin)