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Sketchbook

Sketchbook
1660-1726 (made)
Artist/Maker
Charles Beale
Beale, Mary (made)

Chalk drawings in sketch book containing original studies for portraits and copies of portraits by Van Dyck & possibly Lely.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Portraits
Object type
Sketchbook
TitleSketchbook
Materials and techniques
Chalk drawings on paper.
Paper
Chalk
Drawing
Brief description
Sketchbook by Charles Beale II (1660-?1726) containing studies from the life, sketches for or after portraits (perhaps copies of Van Dyck and Lely) and copies from Van Dyck's Iconographia. 214 pages (several missing and many blank) of blue, grey and white laid paper, full bound in vellum. Inscribed on the outside of each cover by a former owner 'J... Godsehall / 1668'
Physical description
Chalk drawings in sketch book containing original studies for portraits and copies of portraits by Van Dyck & possibly Lely.
Dimensions
  • Size of vol. height: 10 1/2in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Size of vol. width: 8 1/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Bernard H. Webb Bequest.
Bibliographic references
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 48, fig. 28
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4528-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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