Sketchbook
1877 (made)
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Sketchbook containing designs for buildings, including preliminary designs for the chapel for the Nottingham Church Cemetery Company, for a licensed restaurant in Battersea Park, for swimming baths at New Islington, Manchester; slight sketches for The White house and a copy of a plan of the Manchester fish markets; sketches of Normandy churches, old buildings, including 11 Austin Friars and Tilbury Fort, and portrait drawings of Whistler and others. 80 pages (one torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
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Materials and techniques | Metal-point on paper |
Brief description | Sketchbook containing designs for various buildings, swimming baths etc., sketches of Normandy churches, old buildings and portrait drawings of Whistler and others. Metal-point drawings by Edward William Godwin. 80 pages (one torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards. |
Physical description | Sketchbook containing designs for buildings, including preliminary designs for the chapel for the Nottingham Church Cemetery Company, for a licensed restaurant in Battersea Park, for swimming baths at New Islington, Manchester; slight sketches for The White house and a copy of a plan of the Manchester fish markets; sketches of Normandy churches, old buildings, including 11 Austin Friars and Tilbury Fort, and portrait drawings of Whistler and others. 80 pages (one torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.244-1963 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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