Sketchbook
- Place of origin:
Britain (drawn)
- Date:
1764 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Farington, Joseph RA, born 1747 - died 1821 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Volume containing pencil sketches
- Credit Line:
Presented by F. R. Meatyard
- Museum number:
P.73-1921
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case PD, shelf 29, box A
Physical description
Volume containing compositional sketches and views of London in pencil, including Blackheath, Chelsea Bridge, Deptford, Greenwich, Hampstead, Hyde Park, Sydenham, Westminster, Islington Road and Lambeth. There are other drawings probably executed and emended by Richard Wilson, Farington's teacher. There are 30 leaves in the volume and others that have, at some point, been removed.
Inscribed with artist's name, date, number of Sketchbook (1) and the address of Richard Wilson's studio in Covent Garden.
Place of Origin
Britain (drawn)
Date
1764 (drawn)
Artist/maker
Farington, Joseph RA, born 1747 - died 1821 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Volume containing pencil sketches
Marks and inscriptions
This Book belongs to Jos Farington at Mr Wilson's great-Piazza / London ./ This Book finished on the 24th of June / 1764 / sketch Book Number 1 -
Inscribed in ink on the first page
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in Size of volume, Width: 7.5 in
Descriptive line
Early sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing compositional sketches and views of London in pencil. Great Britain, 1764.
Materials
Pencil
Techniques
Drawing; Sketching
Subjects depicted
Cityscapes; Architecture; Landscapes; Buildings
Categories
Drawings
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
