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Sketchbook

1770 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketchbook containing landscape drawings in pen and ink, and studies of cattle, trees and plants in pencil. Except for views near Wheale and Lincoln, localities are not noted. There are MS noted regarding colour and a list of travelling expenses incurred in 1770. 43 leaves in total.
Inscribed with date and sketchbook number.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Volume containing pen and ink and pencil sketches
Brief description
Sketchbook by Joseph Farington R.A., containing landscape drawings in pen and ink, and studies of cattle and plants in pencil. Great Britain, 1770.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing landscape drawings in pen and ink, and studies of cattle, trees and plants in pencil. Except for views near Wheale and Lincoln, localities are not noted. There are MS noted regarding colour and a list of travelling expenses incurred in 1770. 43 leaves in total.
Inscribed with date and sketchbook number.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 8in
  • Width: 6.5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lincoln 1770 / Sketch Book Number 6 (Inscribed in ink inside front cover)
  • J - F / Mr Berridge's / above Hill / Lincoln / September 16th 1770 (Inscribed in pencil on the first page)
Credit line
Presented by F. R. Meatyard
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.77-1921

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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