John Ruskin Memorial, Friar’s Crag, Keswick, Cumbria,UK
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N 54° 35.423 W 003° 08.443
30U E 490907 N 6049220
A monument to the Victorian artist and social reformer John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Waymark Code: WMY663
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/29/2018
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The monument consists of a vertical slate slab monolith with a bronze medallion image of Ruskin on the front. There are inscriptions on either side of the slab. The monument was erected in October 1900, largely due to the efforts of Canon Rawnsley.
The text on the front face is a quote from Ruskin on his first impressions of Keswick in 1824 when he was 5. It reads
THE FIRST THING
WHICH I REMEMBER
AS AN EVENT IN LIFE
WAS BEING TAKEN BY
MY NURSE TO THE BROW
OF FRIARS CRAG ON
DERWENTWATER
On the rear face, below an art nouveau pattern is
+ THE SPIRIT OF GOD
IS AROUND YOU IN THE
AIR THAT YOU BREATHE
+HIS GLORY IN THE
LIGHT THAT YOU SEE
AND IN THE FRUITFUL
NESS OF THE EARTH AND
THE JOY OF ITS CREATURES
HE HAS WRITTEN FOR YOU
DAY BY DAY HIS REVELATION
AS HE HAS GRANTED YOU
DAY BY DAY YOUR DAILY
BREAD
John Ruskin was a leading Victorian art critic, artist and patron of the arts, as well as being, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He rose to fame with his work of 1843, Modern Painters, which defended the work of JMW Turner and the naturalist approach to art. His work was to subsequently influence the Pre- Raphaelites. In 1869 he became the first Slade Professor of Fine Art He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: On a publicly open peninsula
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