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Sketchbook

1878 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
William Burges (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing designs for a gatehouse, for fireplaces, a wall-paper etc. and a wash-hand-stand; sketches of the White House and (?) studios in Tite Street, and of tiled fireplaces for the studios of Princess Louise, and A. S. Wortley; drawings of houses etc. in the Hastings and Winchelsea area, a plan of Chaldon House, Fulham, a sketch made from the Adelphi of the erection of Cleopatra’s Needle etc. There are also drawings of roof vents. 92 pages (one torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Designs
Interiors
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Metal-point on paper
Metal-Point
Paper
Binding
Drawing
Brief description
Sketchbook containing designs for a gatehouse, fireplaces, wall-paper etc., along with a sketch showing the erection of Cleopatra's Needle, sketches of houses, designs for fireplaces for the studios of Princess Louise etc. Metal-point drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1878. 92 pages (one torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing designs for a gatehouse, for fireplaces, a wall-paper etc. and a wash-hand-stand; sketches of the White House and (?) studios in Tite Street, and of tiled fireplaces for the studios of Princess Louise, and A. S. Wortley; drawings of houses etc. in the Hastings and Winchelsea area, a plan of Chaldon House, Fulham, a sketch made from the Adelphi of the erection of Cleopatra’s Needle etc. There are also drawings of roof vents. 92 pages (one 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 begun July 14. 1878' (Inscribed by the artist in the front cover and dated)
  • (Inscribed throughout with estimates including some for F. Miles's house, notes, names and addresses etc.)
  • (Dated 14 July to 15 November 1878)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Object history
The design for wall-paper on page 3 is shown in colour and greater detail on page 81 of sketchbook E.24-1963
Subjects depicted
Gatehouse
Fireplace
Wall-Paper
Houses
Cleopatra's Needle
Vents
Places depicted
Hastings
Winchelsea
Fulham
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.247-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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