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Sketchbook

1912-1915 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Waterhouse, John William (R.A., R.I.) (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Sketchbook containing studies of trees, figure subjects, landscapes etc. 50 pages (2 torn, 1 sheet inserted) of white wove paper, bound in canvas boards, with a pencil holder.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Pencil, with some pen and ink on wove paper, bound in canvas boards
Pencil
Ink
Wove Paper
Drawing
Binding
Brief description
Sketchbook by J. W. Waterhouse containing studies of trees, figure subjects, landscapes, including sketches for the oil paintings 'The Decameron' (1916) and 'The Enchanted Garden' (1917). 50 pages of white wove paper bound in canvas boards, dated 1912-1915.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing studies of trees, figure subjects, landscapes etc. 50 pages (2 torn, 1 sheet inserted) of white wove paper, bound in canvas boards, with a pencil holder.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 25.4cm
  • Size of volum width: 36.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J. W. Waterhouse July 18th 1914.' (Signed and dated inside the front cover)
  • 'Aug 19th 1912' (Dates on the inserted sheet)
  • (Dated throughout from July 1914 to September 1915.)
Credit line
Given by Mr John Physick, great-nephew of the artist
Object history
Some of the drawings in this sketchbook are studies for the oil painting 'The Decameron' (1916) and 'The Enchanted Garden' (1917), exhibited at the Royal Academy. 'The Enchanted Garden' and 'The Decameron' are both in the Lady Lever Collection, Port Sunlight.
Subjects depicted
Trees
Landscape
Figures
Bibliographic reference
Prettejohn, Elizabeth, J. W. Waterhouse: the modern Pre-Raphaelite, Groninger Museum, Groningen and Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2008 p.222-225, ill. p.225
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1112-1963

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Record createdJune 2, 2008
Record URL
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