Sketchbook
1767 (drawn)
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Volume containing numerous pen and pencil sketches of figures and views on the road to Antwerp, including scenes at Calais, and views in Northamptonshire, Crowland, Kelvedon Copse, Peterborough, Wheale, and St. Ives in Huntingdonshire. There are also notes of itineraries, travel expenses and a permit for travel for Farington and Thomas d'Jour to embark at Calais for England. There are 69 leaves. Some have, at some point, been torn out. Inscribed with date and sketchbook number.
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Materials and techniques | Volume containing pen and pencil sketches |
Brief description | Sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing numerous pen and pencil sketches of figures and views on the road to Antwerp, including scenes at Calais, and views in Northamptonshire. Great Britain, 1767. |
Physical description | Volume containing numerous pen and pencil sketches of figures and views on the road to Antwerp, including scenes at Calais, and views in Northamptonshire, Crowland, Kelvedon Copse, Peterborough, Wheale, and St. Ives in Huntingdonshire. There are also notes of itineraries, travel expenses and a permit for travel for Farington and Thomas d'Jour to embark at Calais for England. There are 69 leaves. Some have, at some point, been torn out. Inscribed with date and sketchbook number. |
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Credit line | Presented by F. R. Meatyard |
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Accession number | P.76-1921 |
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Record created | February 1, 2011 |
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