John Ruskin and Effie Gray

John Ruskin was the leading art critic of the Victorian era. He married Euphemia Gray and they holidayed in Venice. It was a dysfunctional marriage which was never consummated. The marriage was doomed from the outset. In the city he was preoccupied with recording the city's architectural treasures. He was a complex character, and a quintessential Victorian, as he was both born and died within months of Queen Victoria. #johnruskin #effie #euphemiagray #ruskinsexuality #ruskinvenice #thestonesofvenice #johneverettmillais #venicearchitecture #ruskinmarriage #ruskinnonconsummation