Sketchbook of drawings
- Object:
Drawing
- Date:
1858-1859 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Egg, Augustus Leopold RA, born 1816 - died 1863 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil
- Museum number:
E.1845-1992
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 91, shelf A, box 116
Physical description
Sketchbook quarterbound in morocco with gilt decoration and brown cloth boards containing 50 leaves of thin paper, many blank, others torn away. On the pages are pencil sketches which include landscapes, a scene of cattle grazing, various studies of ruined gothic buildings, slight sketches of figures, copies of heads from paintings, scenes of a port, mediaeval buildings in Tewksbury, and landscapes of Knightsford Bridge near Malvern and Pickersleigh near Malvern.
Date
1858-1859 (made)
Artist/maker
Egg, Augustus Leopold RA, born 1816 - died 1863 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil
Marks and inscriptions
A.L.Egg
1) Signature; Inside front cover; brown ink
Pickersleigh near Malvern
picture title; page 94; pencil
Knightsford Bridge near Malvern - 1858
picture title; page 90; pencil
Tewksbury
picture title; page 88; pencil
[word indecipherable] Malvern
picture title; page 96; pencil
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm dimensions of covers, Width: 23 cm
Descriptive line
Sketchbook containing pencil sketches of landscapes and buildings by Augustus Egg
Labels and date
Given by Christopher Powney []
Materials
Paper; Pencil
Techniques
Drawing
Categories
Drawings
Production Type
Unique
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
