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Sketchbook

Sketchbook
1852-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Godwin, Edward William (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing drawings of churches, stone crosses and wells in Cornwall , together with a few miscellaneous sketches, including one of Dartington Manor House. 168 pages (2 missing) of azure paper ruled for accounts, half-bound in leather, canvas boards, with metal clasp and pencil holder.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Sketchbook
TitleSketchbook
Materials and techniques
Pencil and pen and ink on paper
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Paper
Leather
Drawing
Binding
Brief description
Sketchbook containing drawings of churches, stone crosses and wells in Cornwall , together with a few miscellaneous sketches, including one of Dartington Manor House. 168 pages (2 missing) of azure paper ruled for accounts, half-bound in leather, canvas boards, with metal clasp and pencil holder. Pencil, and pen and ink drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1852-1860.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing drawings of churches, stone crosses and wells in Cornwall , together with a few miscellaneous sketches, including one of Dartington Manor House. 168 pages (2 missing) of azure paper ruled for accounts, half-bound in leather, canvas boards, with metal clasp and pencil holder.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 12.1cm
  • Size of volume width: 19.7cm
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 June 1st 1852' (Signed and dated on page 168)
  • (Inscribed throughout with personal notes, accounts, a journal of the tour in Cornwall etc.)
  • (Dated 20 July 1852 to 27 June 1860)
Credit line
Given by Mr. Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Object history
Some of the architectural details in this sketchbook were used as illustrations to the artist’s ‘Examples of Church Architecture in Cornwall’ and ‘Notes on Churches in the Deaneries of Kerrier and Kenwith, Cornwall’, published in Vols.10 and 18 of The Archaeological Journal, 1853 and 1861 respectively.
Subjects depicted
Churches
Crosses
Wells
Places depicted
Dartington
Cornwall
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.227-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699244/sketchbook-sketchbook-godwin-edward-william/
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