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Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C , Case 91, Shelf C, Box 33

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Waterhouse, John William (R.A., R.I.) (artist)

Sketchbook containing studies of buildings in the Near East, trees and foliage, birds, human figures and preliminary sketches for oil paintings including 'Ulysses and the Sirens' exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1891. 56 pages (8 pages missing) of white wove paper bound in canvas boards.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Sketchbook
Materials and techniques	pencil and watercolour
Brief description	Sketchbook of drawings by J W Waterhouse
Physical description	Sketchbook containing studies of buildings in the Near East, trees and foliage, birds, human figures and preliminary sketches for oil paintings including 'Ulysses and the Sirens' exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1891. 56 pages (8 pages missing) of white wove paper bound in canvas boards.
Dimensions	Size of volume, from catalogue height: 14cm Size of volume, from catalogue width: 20.6cm
Credit line	Given by Mr J F Physick
Subjects depicted	Buildings Birds Trees Ulysses
Bibliographic references	Prettejohn, Elizabeth, J. W. Waterhouse: the modern Pre-Raphaelite, Groninger Museum, Groningen and Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2008 p.222-225, ill. p.228 Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1-1949

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Record created	May 30, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O155140/sketchbook-waterhouse-john-william/

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