SEYMOUR JOSEPH GUY (1824-1910) Portrait of John Ruskin, signed with monogram ''SJ' Guy N.Y.' (New York) and dated 1897, oil on canvas, 30 x 25cm Seymour Joseph Guy, artist and member of the National Academy of Design, born and trained in London but emigrated to New York in 1854 Footnote: In the mid to late 1890's Ruskin's great friend William Holman Hunt arranged one of the foremost photographers of the day Frederick Hollyer to photograph Ruskin at his home in Brantwood, Coniston where Hunt may well have also arranged the pose. Whereas an oil copy of the photograph by Dutch artist Garschagan executed in 1902 is known, the above painting executed five years earlier in date by Seymour Joseph Guy appears also to be a copy of the photograph which has, until recently, not been recorded. (for further information please see Dr. James S. Dearden 'The Portraits of John Ruskin' pg. 180) Provenance At some stage sold by Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Fifth Avenue, New York to an American Collector as 'English School'.