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Sketchbook
ca. 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketchbook containing pencil and watercolour views in England and on the continent, rural scenes, and a study of a child's head, over 80 pp. on cream wove paper and 10 pp. on grey, bound in canvas boards. Inscribed throughout with artist's notes and two watercolour studies are stamped with the artist's mark. Two are dated 2nd Augt. 1897. The cover is numbered '13'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour sketches
Brief description
Sketchbook by Myles Birket Foster R.W.S. containing pencil and watercolour views in England and on the continent, rural scenes, and a study of a child's head, over 80 pp. on cream wove paper and 10 pp. on grey, bound in canvas boards. Great Britain, ca. 1897.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing pencil and watercolour views in England and on the continent, rural scenes, and a study of a child's head, over 80 pp. on cream wove paper and 10 pp. on grey, bound in canvas boards. Inscribed throughout with artist's notes and two watercolour studies are stamped with the artist's mark. Two are dated 2nd Augt. 1897. The cover is numbered '13'.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 4.625in
  • Size of volume width: 7.75in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed throughout with artist's notes and two watercolour studies are stamped with the artist's mark.
  • Two sketches are dated 2nd Augt. 1897.
  • Numbered on cover '13'.
Credit line
Given by Miss Ida M. Gabriel
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.1975-1946

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