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Sketchbook, Italy

Sketchbook
1857 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sir John Charles Robinson (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Sketchbook containing drawings of architectural details, mosaics, sculpture, paintings, etc., in Padua, Florence, Venice, Rome, Pisa, Milan and Perugia; also a sketch of Lake Trasimene. 74 pages of white wove paper with watermark ‘Frères de Canson’ quarter-bound in green morocco with black paper boards


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Sketchbook
TitleSketchbook, Italy (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pencil and watercolour on wove paper, bound in morocco leather and boards.
Pencil
Watercolour (Paint)
Morocco Leather
Wove Paper
Cardboard
Bookbinding
Watercolour Painting
Drawing
Brief description
Sketchbook, Italy, by Sir John Charles Robinson, pencil and watercolour, 1857.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing drawings of architectural details, mosaics, sculpture, paintings, etc., in Padua, Florence, Venice, Rome, Pisa, Milan and Perugia; also a sketch of Lake Trasimene. 74 pages of white wove paper with watermark ‘Frères de Canson’ quarter-bound in green morocco with black paper boards
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 17cm
  • Volume width: 11.6cm
  • Page height: 16.6cm
  • Page width: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Frères de Canson (watermark)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. E. Hockliffe
Places depicted
Florence
Venice
Rome
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.57-1943

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1078581/sketchbook-italy-sketchbook-sir-john-charles/
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