Watercolour
Sketches and drawings (131) by various members of the Sketching Society (1799-1851), including F. Stevens, the Chalon brothers, Cornelius Varley, Thomas Webster, Henry Pierce Bone, Joshua Cristall, and others.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Sketches and drawings (131) by various members of the Sketching Society (1799-1851), including F. Stevens, the Chalon brothers, Cornelius Varley, Thomas Webster, Henry Pierce Bone, Joshua Cristall, and others. |
| Object history | The drawings were originally in four bound volumes. They were later detatched and stored in paper folders, two of which are inscribed with the biographical notes of some of the artists. The drawings and paper folders and now stored separately. In addition, there are some slips of paper describing the subjects of the evening sessions, and two stamped leather titles from the original bindings, one lettered ‘Homer’s Odyssey (1810-11)’ the other ‘The Lady of the Lake (1811-12). Given by Denys Oppé in memory of Paul Oppé. Paul Oppé bought the collection in 1936. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.34-1984 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSON
