Sketchbook
1865-1880 (made)
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Sketchbook containing sketches of towers, designs for various houses, a plan of (?) Albany Street, designs for furniture, including some of the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and for wallpaper and metalwork, together with sketches of antique furniture from various sources. 156 pages (others missing) of ruled paper, quarter-bound in leather with marbled boards.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on ruled paper |
| Brief description | Sketchbook containing sketches of towers, designs for various houses, a plan of (?) 197 Albany Street, designs for furniture, including some for the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and for wall-paper and metalwork, together with sketches of antique furniture from various sources. 156 pages (others missing) of ruled paper, quarter-bound in leather with marbled boards. Pencil, pen and ink, and water-colour drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1865-80. |
| Physical description | Sketchbook containing sketches of towers, designs for various houses, a plan of (?) Albany Street, designs for furniture, including some of the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and for wallpaper and metalwork, together with sketches of antique furniture from various sources. 156 pages (others missing) of ruled paper, quarter-bound in leather with marbled boards. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. Edward Godwin, son of the artist |
| Object history | On page 77 of this sketch-book is a design for the chair which is also illustrated on E.496-1963. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.229-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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