John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Writer, philosopher and art critic who had a vast range of knowledge and interests. He wrote on topics as diverse as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and the political economy.
Brantwood, Coniston in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Brantwood was built in the 1790s and was the home of John Ruskin from 1871- 1900.
John Ruskin's grave in the churchyard of St. Andrew's Church, Coniston in the Lake District Cumbria.
Ruskin died of influenza on January 20th 1900 at Brantwood. His gravestone is a tall carved cross made from Tilberthwaite green slate. It was designed by Ruskin's close assistant, WG Collingwood an expert on Norse and Anglican archaeology.
St. Andrew's Church, Coniston in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Church of St Andrew was built in 1819, replacing an earlier church of 1586. The grave of John Ruskin is in the churchyard.
Ruskin Memorial on Friar's Crag, Keswick, Cumbria.
A memorial to the writer and critic, John Ruskin who died in 1900, aged 81. Ruskin had once described the view from Friar’s Crag as “one of the three most beautiful scenes in Europe”.
The inscription reads: "THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER AS AN EVENT IN LIFE WAS BEING TAKEN BY MY NURSE TO THE BROW OF FRIAR'S CRAG ON DERWENTWATER"..
Ruskin's View, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.
This scene over the River Lune to the Casterton and Barbon fells was admired by Constable and in 1822 was painted by Turner. The poet John Ruskin was also captivated by the view, and wrote, ‘I do not know in all my own country, still less in France or Italy, a place more naturally divine… than Kirkby Lonsdale.’
Evening light on Middleton Fell from Ruskin's View, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.
This scene over the River Lune to the Casterton and Barbon fells was admired by Constable and in 1822 was painted by Turner. The poet John Ruskin was also captivated by the view, and wrote, ‘I do not know in all my own country, still less in France or Italy, a place more naturally divine… than Kirkby Lonsdale.’