Sketchbook
ca.1899 (made), 1908 (dated)
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Sketchbook containing preliminary drawings. 74 pages (one torn) of white wove paper, bound in canvas boards with a pencil holder.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil with some pen and ink on white wove paper, bound in canvas boards |
| Brief description | Sketchbook by J. W. Waterhouse containing preliminary drawings for oil paintings, including 'The Awakening of Adonis' (1899), 'Echo and Narcissus' (1903), 'The Danaides' (1906) and 'Isabella' (1907) etc. 74 pages (one torn) of white wove paper, bound in canvas boards with a pencil holder. |
| Physical description | Sketchbook containing preliminary drawings. 74 pages (one torn) of white wove paper, bound in canvas boards with a pencil holder. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '1908' (Dated on p.35) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr John Physick, great-nephew of the artist |
| Object history | The drawings contained in this sketchbook are preliminary studies for oil paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, including 'The Awakening of Adonis' (1900), 'Echo and Narcissus' (1903), 'The Danaides' (1906) and 'Isabella' (1907). Other sketches are possibly for 'Nymphs finding the Head of Orpheus' (1901), 'Phyllis and Demophoon' (1907), 'Narcissus' (1913) and 'Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may' (ca.1911). Although dated 1908 the sketch of 'Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may' on page 35 of the sketchbook is not related to the composition shown at the Royal Academy in that year. 'Echo and Narcissus' is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and 'The Danaides' is in the Art Gallery, Aberdeen. Other sketches for 'Phyllis and Demophoon' are in E2 and 3-1949. |
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| 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.229 |
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| Accession number | E.1111-1963 |
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| Record created | June 2, 2008 |
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