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

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.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Sketchbook
Materials and techniques	Volume containing pencil sketches Pencil Drawing Sketching
Brief description	Early sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing compositional sketches and views of London in pencil. Great Britain, 1764.
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.
Dimensions	Size of volume height: 4.75in Width: 7.5in
Marks and inscriptions	This Book belongs to Jos Farington at M^rWilson's great-Piazza / London ./ This Book finished on the 24th of June / 1764 / sketch Book Number 1 - (Inscribed in ink on the first page)
Credit line	Presented by F. R. Meatyard
Subjects depicted	Cityscapes Buildings Landscapes Architecture
Places depicted	London Lambeth Greenwich Westminster Blackheath Deptford Hyde Park Sydenham Hampstead Chelsea Queen's House St. Paul's
Association	Richard Wilson
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.73-1921

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Record created	February 1, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1190026/sketchbook-farington/

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