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Artist/Maker	Farington (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (drawn)

Sketchbook containing landscape drawings, mostly in pencil, but with some partially inked in, depicting the Ouse Bridge in York, the River Avon, Gretna Green, and Dalmally. Several of the drawings are dated in Spetember or October 1801. There is a list of possessions also which the artist evidently intended to take with him, including an umbrella, a black trunk, a black leather case, a drawing stool, a long red case and paste boards with silk paper. There are 83 leaves in total, grey and blue paper.

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Categories	Drawings Landscapes Scotland
Object type	Sketchbook
Materials and techniques	Volume containing pencil sketches Pencil Pen Drawing Sketching
Brief description	Sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing landscape drawings, mostly in pencil, depicting the Ouse Bridge in York, the River Avon, Gretna Green, and Dalmally. Great Britain, 1801.
Physical description	Sketchbook containing landscape drawings, mostly in pencil, but with some partially inked in, depicting the Ouse Bridge in York, the River Avon, Gretna Green, and Dalmally. Several of the drawings are dated in Spetember or October 1801. There is a list of possessions also which the artist evidently intended to take with him, including an umbrella, a black trunk, a black leather case, a drawing stool, a long red case and paste boards with silk paper. There are 83 leaves in total, grey and blue paper.
Dimensions	Size of volume height: 5.6875in Width: 4.3125in
Credit line	Presented by F. R. Meatyard
Subjects depicted	Landscapes Bridges Rural Scenes
Places depicted	Avon Scotland York
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.91-1921

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Record created	February 1, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1190020/sketchbook-farington/

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