Sketchbook
- Place of origin:
Cornwall (made)
- Date:
1818 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Jenkins, Sophia (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil and watercolour
- Credit Line:
Given by Miss Lettice Jenkins, great-niece of the Artist
- Museum number:
E.5194-1968
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 91, shelf B, box 30
Physical description
1 of a series of studies of butterflies, moths and flowers, and a caricature, some on mulberry pith. Mounted in a volume containing 50 pages (34 blank) quarter bound in red leather, gold tooled, marbled boards. Inscribed in ink on an envelope affixed to the fly-leaf 'Butterflies, Moths &c painted by Miss Sophia Jenkins of St. Clement's Vicarage, Nr Truro' and dated in a later hand '1818'. Inscribed with names of species.
Place of Origin
Cornwall (made)
Date
1818 (made)
Artist/maker
Jenkins, Sophia (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Marks and inscriptions
'Butterflies, Moths &c painted by Miss Sophia Jenkins of St. Clement's Vicarage, Nr Truro'
Inscribed in ink on an envelope affixed to the fly-leaf
'1818'
Dated in a later hand
Inscribed with names of species
Dimensions
Height: 31.8 cm size of volume, Width: 25.7 cm size of volume
Descriptive line
Sketchbook containing drawings by Sophia Jenkins
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969
Materials
Pencil; Watercolour
Subjects depicted
Butterflies; Flowers; Moths
Categories
Drawings
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
