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Sketchbook

1885-1886 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing designs for ‘The Rookeries’, Ramsbury, Wiltshire for J. Batson; architectural details at Risley and elsewhere and designs for wall-brackets. Also studies of Greek costume and settings from sources in the British Museum etc. for the artist’s production of Helena in Troas, with a sectional drawing of the Circus; costume studies after paintings; portrait sketches, including a portrait of Nathaniel Staples, and a group of female musicians. 86 pages of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in green silk boards.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Designs
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Metal-point on paper
Metal-Point
Paper
Binding
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Sketchbook containing architectural designs, designs for 'The Rookeries', Ramsbury, Wiltshire for J. Batson, architectural details, studies of Greek costume and settings for artist's production of John Todhunter's 'Helena in Troas' etc. and portrait sketches. 86 pages of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in green silk boards. Metal-point drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1885-1886.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing designs for ‘The Rookeries’, Ramsbury, Wiltshire for J. Batson; architectural details at Risley and elsewhere and designs for wall-brackets. Also studies of Greek costume and settings from sources in the British Museum etc. for the artist’s production of Helena in Troas, with a sectional drawing of the Circus; costume studies after paintings; portrait sketches, including a portrait of Nathaniel Staples, and a group of female musicians. 86 pages of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in green silk boards.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 15.3cm
  • Size of volume width: 8.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'This book belongs to E. W. Godwin F.S.A. Westminster Augt. 7th 1885' (Inscribed by the artist inside the front cover and dated)
  • (Inscribed throughout with notes, some on the costs of the productions of 'As You Like It' and 'Helena in Troas', names and addresses and references etc.)
  • (Dated 18 July to 19 January 1886)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Object history
A plan of the arena and stage of Hengler’s Circus is E.632-1963.
Historical context
The artist's production of John Todhunter’s Helena in Troas was first performed at Hengler’s Circus, Argyll Street, 17 May 1886.
Subjects depicted
Architecture
Wall-Brackets
Costume
Sets
Circus
Portraits
Literary referenceHelena in Troas
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.265-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699206/sketchbook-godwin-edward-william/
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