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Sketchbook

late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Waterhouse, John William (R.A., R.I.) (artist)

Sketchbook containing studies of heads, some after antique sculpture, figures subjects and sketches of Greek architecture etc., copied from book illustrations. 62 pages (one missing) of white wove Whatman paper watermarked 1872, quarter-bound in leather, canvas boards, with a pencil holder.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Drawings
Object type
Sketchbook
Materials and techniques
Pencil, with some black chalk and water-colour on white wove paper
Pencil
Chalk
Water-Colour
Wove Paper
Leather
Drawing
Binding
Brief description
Sketchbook by J. W. Waterhouse containing studies of heads, figure subjects, Greek architecture etc. 62 pages (one missing) of white wove Whatman paper watermarked 1872, quarter-bound in leather, canvas boards, with a pencil holder. Pencil, chalk and water-colour drawings, late 19th century.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing studies of heads, some after antique sculpture, figures subjects and sketches of Greek architecture etc., copied from book illustrations. 62 pages (one missing) of white wove Whatman paper watermarked 1872, quarter-bound in leather, canvas boards, with a pencil holder.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume, from catalogue height: 12.7cm
  • Size of volume, from catalogue width: 17.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J.W Waterhouse' (Signed inside the back cover)
  • '70 [?] Holland Rd, Kensington, London, W.' (Inscribed with two addresses, one illegible)
  • (Inscribed throughout with notes, names and addresses)
Credit line
Given by Mr John Physick, great-nephew of the artist
Object history
Some of the studies in ths sketchbook are possibly for the oil paintings 'Bedouin Woman' (1872) and 'Vendeur à l'Eau' (1873) exhibited at the Society of British Artists, London.
Subjects depicted
Heads (Body Parts)
Sculpture
Architecture
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.226-227
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1109-1963

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Record createdJune 2, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O155147/sketchbook-waterhouse-john-william/
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