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Sketchbook

1846-1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketchbook containing studies of and designs for churches and other buildings in England and France (some based on earlier sketches and dated accordingly), together with drawings of Italian decorative motifs and a design possibly for Reading Town Hall. 32 pages (others missing) of white wove Whatman paper watermarked 1858 (with 18 sheets of tracing paper pasted in), half-bound in leather, canvas boards, with a pencil holder.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on white-wove, Whatman paper
Brief description
Sketchbook containing studies of buildings in England and France, churches, Italian decorative motifs and a design, possibly for Reading town Hall. Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1846-1862.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing studies of and designs for churches and other buildings in England and France (some based on earlier sketches and dated accordingly), together with drawings of Italian decorative motifs and a design possibly for Reading Town Hall. 32 pages (others missing) of white wove Whatman paper watermarked 1858 (with 18 sheets of tracing paper pasted in), half-bound in leather, canvas boards, with a pencil holder.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 18.4cm
  • Size of volume width: 26cm
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 etc.)
  • (Dated 1846 to 6 April 1862)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Object history
The sketch of a mortuary chapel on page 3 is related to a drawing on page 13 of the sketchbook E.270-1963.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.266-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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