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Sketchbook

1863-1864 (made)
Artist/Maker
Edwin Edwards (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing figure, portrait and landscape studies and sketches, including portraits of George Taylor and Charles Bennett (page 37); a self-portrait (page 73); coastal scenes in Cornwall; landscapes at Bridgham, Norfolk, and Sunbury, Middlesex; an interior of a smithy (page 25); sheep-shearing (page 47); and sheep-dipping (page 35). 116 pages (others missing) of white and toned wove paper, full-bound in embossed brown morocco.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Drawings in pencil, pen and ink, and Chinese white, bound in embossed brown morocco
Pencil
Chinese White
Ink
Morocco
Drawing
Binding
Embossing
Brief description
Sketchbook containing various studies by Edwin Edwards, drawings in pencil, pen and ink, and Chinese white, dated 1863-1864.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing figure, portrait and landscape studies and sketches, including portraits of George Taylor and Charles Bennett (page 37); a self-portrait (page 73); coastal scenes in Cornwall; landscapes at Bridgham, Norfolk, and Sunbury, Middlesex; an interior of a smithy (page 25); sheep-shearing (page 47); and sheep-dipping (page 35). 116 pages (others missing) of white and toned wove paper, full-bound in embossed brown morocco.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 21.9cm
  • Volume width: 31.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • (The drawings dated 1863 to 1864)
  • '17' (Inscribed with titles etc. Numbered on a label on the front cover:)
Object history
The landscape study of Sunbury on p. 33 of this sketchbook was probably used for the etching of the same subject, E.1720-1952.
Subjects depicted
Landscapes
Figures
Sheep
Smithy
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1719-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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