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Sketchbook

1765 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Volume containing numerous landscape drawings in pen, pencil and wash, some of which have been emended by Farington's teacher, Richard Wilson. The exact localities are not recorded except one depicting a scene in Rotherhithe. There are 34 leaves in the volume, of which 2 are largely MS notes regarding colour composition, and other leaves that have, at some point, been removed.
Inscribed with artist's name, date, number of Sketchbook and the address of Richard Wilson's studio in Covent Garden.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Volume containing pen, pencil and wash sketches
Brief description
Early sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing landscape drawings in pen, pencil and wash, some of which have been emended by Farington's teacher, Richard Wilson. Great Britain, 1765.
Physical description
Volume containing numerous landscape drawings in pen, pencil and wash, some of which have been emended by Farington's teacher, Richard Wilson. The exact localities are not recorded except one depicting a scene in Rotherhithe. There are 34 leaves in the volume, of which 2 are largely MS notes regarding colour composition, and other leaves that have, at some point, been removed.
Inscribed with artist's name, date, number of Sketchbook and the address of Richard Wilson's studio in Covent Garden.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 8.25in
  • Width: 6.5in
Marks and inscriptions
This Book belongs to Jos Farington / at Mr Wilson's Great-Piazza Covent Garden ./ sketch Book 3d - Number 1765 (Inscribed in ink on the back cover)
Credit line
Presented by F. R. Meatyard
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Association
Collection
Accession number
P.74-1921

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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