Ruskin Memorial at Keswick

Friars Crag (on the edge of Derwentwater)

1900

+ 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

Other views

  • detail (Ruskin's portrait in bas relief)
  • The entire monument in its setting

    • Photograph and text 2006 by Jacqueline Banerjee.

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    Last modified 1 April 2006