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Sketchbook

late 19th-early 20th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketchbook containing drawings of ornamental motifs and details of costume. The sketchbook consists of 50pp of wove paper, many unused, bound in black cloth with a black leather back.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and pencil and wash on wove paper
Brief description
Sketchbook of drawings by William John Charles Pitcher, containing ornamental motifs and details of costumes, pencil and pencil and wash, Britain, late 19th-early 20th century
Physical description
Sketchbook containing drawings of ornamental motifs and details of costume. The sketchbook consists of 50pp of wove paper, many unused, bound in black cloth with a black leather back.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 5.375in
  • Volume width: 7.25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Marks and inscriptions
(Sketchbook contains printed label of Lechertier, Barbe & Co., 60, Regent Street, London, W.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by James Syme Henderson
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection
Accession number
E.2042-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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