John Ruskin College is a sixth form college in London and the first vocational sixth form college in the country. It is situated in Forestdale on the A2022 (Selsdon Park Road), close to the A212 roundabout, on the southern edge of London's conurbation. New Addington is near, as is Gravel Hill tram stop.
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“He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed.”
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