A Study of a Peacock Feather with a subsidiary Study of a Plume (recto); and Two Squared Sketches (verso)

A similar watercolour, Study of a Magnified Pheasant's Feather, measuring 9.7/8 x 6.1/8 in. (25 x 15.5 cm.), signed, inscribed and dated 'J. Ruskin Brantwood August 27, 1879' is now in the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard Univesity, illustrated in P.H. Walton, The Drawings of John Ruskin, Oxford, 1972, p. 100.