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Sketchbook

1878-1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)

Sketchbook containing plans for additions to (?) Archbishop Tennison’s School at Lambeth and for a sculptor’s house and studio; designs for a fender for (?) Frederick Sandys, a fireplace and an overmantel; studies of buildings etc. from sources in the British Museum; sketches of the Hôtel de Ville at La Rochelle etc.; a drawing of Whistler in court, and one of a girl at Lutyens’s house. 74 pages (some torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched, the covers missing.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Designs
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Metal-point on paper
Paper
Metal-Point
Drawing
Binding
Brief description
Sketchbook containing studies of buildings, sketches at La Rochelle, designs for interiors, architectural plans for additions to (?) Archbishop Tennison's School at Lambeth etc. and a drawing of Whistler in court. Metal-point drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1878-1879.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing plans for additions to (?) Archbishop Tennison’s School at Lambeth and for a sculptor’s house and studio; designs for a fender for (?) Frederick Sandys, a fireplace and an overmantel; studies of buildings etc. from sources in the British Museum; sketches of the Hôtel de Ville at La Rochelle etc.; a drawing of Whistler in court, and one of a girl at Lutyens’s house. 74 pages (some torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched, the covers missing.
Dimensions
  • Closed height: 84mm
  • Size of volume width: 8.3cm
  • Closed width: 152mm
  • Closed depth: 11mm
Measured on book measuring box Approx dimensions open on a cradle Open on cradle up to 60 degree upstand approx open dimensions on cradle base to top of book 130mm, width left to right, 300mm, depth from head to tail 84mm This may change following mounting
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscribed by the artist throughout with notes, including comments on new acquisitions in the South Kensington Museum, details of membership of the Renaissance Club, notes on furnishings etc. for Frank Miles's and A. S. Wortley's houses, names and addresses etc.)
  • (Dated 22 November 1878 to 18 June 1879)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Subjects depicted
Plans
House
Studio
Overmantel
Fireplace
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Places depicted
Lambeth
La Rochelle
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.248-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699223/sketchbook-godwin-edward-william/
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