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Sketchbook

1849-1917 (made)
Artist/Maker
Waterhouse, John William (R.A., R.I.) (artist)
Place of origin
St. Ives (made)

Sketchbook containing studies of rocks, trees, flowers and foliage, church furniture, figure subjects etc., and sketches for oil paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, including 'The Crystal Ball' (1902), 'Windflowers' (1903), 'Psyche opening the door of Cupid's garden' (1904), 'Isabella' (1907), 'Medea and Jason' (1907) and 'Phyllis and Demophoon' (1907). Also sketches for a 'Belle Dame sans Merci' subject similar to that exhibited in 1893 and for a version of 'The Lady of Shalott' seated at her loom. 92 pages of white wove paper bound in canvas boards; attached in the sketch-book are a letter to the artist from Morris Harding dated 27 July 1914 on which is a pencil sketch of a kid, and a smaller piece of paper with a slight pencil sketch of a similar animal.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Pencil, watercoliur and bodycolour
Brief description
Sketchbook of drawings by J W Waterhouse.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing studies of rocks, trees, flowers and foliage, church furniture, figure subjects etc., and sketches for oil paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, including 'The Crystal Ball' (1902), 'Windflowers' (1903), 'Psyche opening the door of Cupid's garden' (1904), 'Isabella' (1907), 'Medea and Jason' (1907) and 'Phyllis and Demophoon' (1907). Also sketches for a 'Belle Dame sans Merci' subject similar to that exhibited in 1893 and for a version of 'The Lady of Shalott' seated at her loom. 92 pages of white wove paper bound in canvas boards; attached in the sketch-book are a letter to the artist from Morris Harding dated 27 July 1914 on which is a pencil sketch of a kid, and a smaller piece of paper with a slight pencil sketch of a similar animal.
Dimensions
  • Size of sketchbook depth: 20mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Size of sketchbook width: 250mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Closed sketchbook depth: 17mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
Approximate dimensions of open sketchbook: Depth: 415 x Width 179 x Height: 210mm - landscape format
Marks and inscriptions
  • St Ives Sketchbook (Inscribed on p. 91)
  • (Inscribed variously with colour notes)
Credit line
Given by Mr J F Physick
Subjects depicted
Cupid
Psyche
Literary references
  • 'Isabella', poem by Keats
  • 'The Lady of Shallott'
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.229
  • 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.2-1949

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Record createdMay 30, 2008
Record URL
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