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Sketchbook

1853-1858 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing ground-plans and details of English churches, with a watercolour sketch on cartridge paper of Kenilworth Abbey etc. 40 pages of laid paper, (together with Inserted sketches), thread-stitched in marbled boards.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper and cartridge paper
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Watercolour
Laid Paper
Cartridge Paper
Binding
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Sketchbook containing ground-plans and details of English churches, with a watercolour sketch on cartridge paper of Kenilworth Abbey etc. 40 pages of laid paper, (together with Inserted sketches), thread-stitched in marbled boards. Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1853 to 1868.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing ground-plans and details of English churches, with a watercolour sketch on cartridge paper of Kenilworth Abbey etc. 40 pages of laid paper, (together with Inserted sketches), thread-stitched in marbled boards.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscribed by the artist throughout with place-names, notes, measurements etc.)
  • (Dated 1853 to 25 July 1868)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Object history
The sheet inserted between pp.18 and 19 bears pencil sketches of birds on which the pen and ink studies on p.1 of sketchbook E.272-1963 are based.
Subjects depicted
Ground Plans
Churches
Abbey
Place depicted
Kenilworth
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.268-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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