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Sketchbook

1881 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing designs for the entrance of the Fine Art Society’s gallery at 148 New Bond Street; designs for a cabinet and for a sideboard; portrait sketches, including full-length portraits of Myra Holme, C. Grahme and H. Beerbohm Tree in The Colonel; sketches of architecture in France and costume studies from prints and manuscripts in the British Museum and from paintings in the National Gallery. 88 pages (2 torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Portraits
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Metal-point, pencil and pen and ink on paper
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Metal-Point
Paper
Binding
Drawing
Brief description
Sketchbook containing various architectural and furniture designs, portrait sketches of the actors Myra Holme, C. Grahme and H. Beerbohm Tree in 'The Colonel' and costume studies etc. Metal-point, pencil, and pen and ink drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1881. 88 pages (2 torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing designs for the entrance of the Fine Art Society’s gallery at 148 New Bond Street; designs for a cabinet and for a sideboard; portrait sketches, including full-length portraits of Myra Holme, C. Grahme and H. Beerbohm Tree in The Colonel; sketches of architecture in France and costume studies from prints and manuscripts in the British Museum and from paintings in the National Gallery. 88 pages (2 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
  • 'E W Godwin 9 Bridge St. Westminster' (Inscribed by the artist inside the front cover)
  • (Inscribed throughout with notes on architecture, on plays and theatrical projects, details of the interior of A. S. Wortley's house, notes on the Lion d'Or restaurant in Paris, references, names and addresses etc.)
  • (Dated 11 June to 15 September 1881)
  • 'Paris June. Oct. '81' (Dated on the cover)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Historical context
The Colonel, with Myra Holme, C. Grahme and H. Beerbohm Tree, was first performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 2 February 1881.
Subjects depicted
Cabinet
Sideboard
Portrait
Architecture
Costume
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm
Holme, Myra
Grahame, Cissy
Literary referenceThe Colonel
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.254-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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