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Sketchbook

1882 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing designs for houses, including a house for the actress Lily Langtry, for some houses at the corner of Holland Park Road and a building for the Learned Societies, together with designs for furniture, stained glass etc. for Gladys, Countess of Lonsdale, an iron proscenium partition and a fireplace. Also studies of 16th century costume from paintings at Hampton Court. 88 pages (1 torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Architecture
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Pencil, metal-point, pen and ink and water-colour on paper
Pencil
Metal-Point
Pen and Ink
Water-Colour
Paper
Drawing
Binding
Brief description
Sketchbook containing architectural designs for houses, including a house for the actress Lily Langtry, a building for the Learned Societies, designs for furniture and stained glass etc. and 16th-century costume studies. Pencil, metal-point, pen and ink and water-colour drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1882. 88 pages (1 torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing designs for houses, including a house for the actress Lily Langtry, for some houses at the corner of Holland Park Road and a building for the Learned Societies, together with designs for furniture, stained glass etc. for Gladys, Countess of Lonsdale, an iron proscenium partition and a fireplace. Also studies of 16th century costume from paintings at Hampton Court. 88 pages (1 torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 14.6cm
  • Size of volume width: 8.3cm
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 notes, including personal notes and expenses, names and addresses, a comic verse etc.)
  • (Dated 19 October 1881 to 21 March 1882)
  • 'Oct 81 Mar 82' (Dated on back cover)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Subjects depicted
Houses
Building
Furnishings
Stained Glass
Fireplace
Costume
Association
Langtry, Lillie
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.45.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.255-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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