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Sketchbook

1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing notes and sketches of buildings etc. from manuscripts in the British Museum, notes and details of Saxon churches, plans etc, of Waltham Abbey, some taken from drawings by William Burges; sketches of costume, of a house at Worth, Sussex, and plans for the curate's house at Bagthorpe, Selston, Nottinghamshire; a design for hanging shelves; sketches made at the sea-side and a portrait of Lady Elizabeth Bryant. 92 pages (some torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Architecture
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Metal-point, with some pen and ink on paper
Metal-Point
Pen and Ink
Paper
Drawing
Binding
Brief description
Sketchbook containing notes and sketches of buildings etc., costume, seaside sketches and a portrait of Lady Elizabeth Bryant. Metal-point and pen and ink drawings by Edward William Godwin. 92 pages (some torn) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing notes and sketches of buildings etc. from manuscripts in the British Museum, notes and details of Saxon churches, plans etc, of Waltham Abbey, some taken from drawings by William Burges; sketches of costume, of a house at Worth, Sussex, and plans for the curate's house at Bagthorpe, Selston, Nottinghamshire; a design for hanging shelves; sketches made at the sea-side and a portrait of Lady Elizabeth Bryant. 92 pages (some 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
  • 'This book belongs to E W Godwin Archt. Terrace Cottage, Richmond Hill S.W. July 13/75.' (Inscribed by the artist inside the front cover and dated)
  • (Inscribed throughout with notes, references etc.)
  • (Dated 13 July to 12 August 1875)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Subjects depicted
Buildings
Churches
Abbey
Costume
House
Seaside
Portrait
Place depicted
Waltham Abbey
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.237-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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