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Artist/Maker	Holworthy, James (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Sketchbook bound in brown calfskin, containing 176 pages of laid paper, with a watermark consisting of a fleur-de-lis, a monogram and other letters, and the date 1799. Some pages are unused, but others are filled with drawings of English scenery and studies of shipping, farm carts etc.

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Categories	Drawings Topography
Object type	Sketchbook
Materials and techniques	pencil, pen and ink, and wash, in a volume bound in calfskin Paper (Fiber Product) Pencil Ink Wash Calf Drawing
Brief description	Sketchbook containing views of English scenery, 176 pages of laid paper in brown calf binding, drawings by James F. Holworthy, Great Britain, 1799-1805
Physical description	Sketchbook bound in brown calfskin, containing 176 pages of laid paper, with a watermark consisting of a fleur-de-lis, a monogram and other letters, and the date 1799. Some pages are unused, but others are filled with drawings of English scenery and studies of shipping, farm carts etc.
Dimensions	Volume height: 7.5in Volume width: 4.75in Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions	J. F. Holworthy. 1805.--No 4. Mount Street Grosvenor Square London (inscribed inside the front cover, probably in the artist's handwriting) Scene at Llangollen done with Miss Ramsden. Dec^r 1805 (inside back cover, along with several similar notes, and notes relating to sizes of picture frames)
Places depicted	Derwentwater Skiddaw Keswick Buttermere Lancaster Llangollen
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1305-1929

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1078625/sketchbook-holworthy-james/

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