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Sketchbook

ca. 1792-1793 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Volume in a marbled paper cover, with 67 leaves of laid paper. It contains sketches of shipping, including figure heads and rigging, and coastal views, including Southampton Key, Calshot Castle and Cowes, Isle of Wight.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
marbled paper cover; laid paper; pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour drawings
Brief description
Volume of sketches in pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, William Anderson, Great Britain, ca. 1792-3
Physical description
Volume in a marbled paper cover, with 67 leaves of laid paper. It contains sketches of shipping, including figure heads and rigging, and coastal views, including Southampton Key, Calshot Castle and Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 5.3125in
  • Volume width: 7.875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.1323-1925

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