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Sketchbook

ca. 1780s (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketchbook containing landscape drawings and studies of trees in pen and ink and pencil, including one view of a house (44 verso) which has been shaded in Indian ink, one view of a farm (42 verso) which has been tinted with watercolour and numerous studies of antique vases, masks, sculpture and skulls. There are 49 leaves in total with two inserted (nos. 39 and 47). Many others have, at some stage, been cut out.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Volume containing pen and ink and pencil sketches
Brief description
Sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing landscape drawings and studies of trees in pen and ink and pencil. Great Britain, ca. 1780s.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing landscape drawings and studies of trees in pen and ink and pencil, including one view of a house (44 verso) which has been shaded in Indian ink, one view of a farm (42 verso) which has been tinted with watercolour and numerous studies of antique vases, masks, sculpture and skulls. There are 49 leaves in total with two inserted (nos. 39 and 47). Many others have, at some stage, been cut out.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 8.125in
  • Width: 6.5in
Marks and inscriptions
W (Inscribed on the back of the book in ink)
Credit line
Presented by F. R. Meatyard
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.79-1921

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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