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Sketchbook of drawings

Drawing
1858-1859 (made)
Artist/Maker

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.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSketchbook of drawings (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Brief description
Sketchbook containing pencil sketches of landscapes and buildings by Augustus Egg
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.
Dimensions
  • Dimensions of covers height: 13.6cm
  • Width: 23cm
Production typeUnique
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)
Gallery label
Given by Christopher Powney
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1845-1992

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Record createdAugust 22, 2000
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