Drawing
1747-1821 (made)
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Landscape drawing. A page from a sketchbook bound in mottled calf, with two brass clasps and a narrow gold-tooled border, a crimson panel with the title 'Sketches', and 7 gold-tooled bands on the back. The volume has 59 leaves on which are pasted 60 landscape sketches, and an additional leaf on which is pasted a sketch of a man leaning on a bridge. Many of the drawings are wholly or partially squared for copying.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | sketch on Whatman paper |
| Brief description | 1 of 60 sketches from a volume, Joseph Farington, Great Britain, 1747-1821 |
| Physical description | Landscape drawing. A page from a sketchbook bound in mottled calf, with two brass clasps and a narrow gold-tooled border, a crimson panel with the title 'Sketches', and 7 gold-tooled bands on the back. The volume has 59 leaves on which are pasted 60 landscape sketches, and an additional leaf on which is pasted a sketch of a man leaning on a bridge. Many of the drawings are wholly or partially squared for copying. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Sketches by Joseph Farington, R.A. (inscribed in ink on folio 2) |
| Credit line | Given by Edward H. Coles |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925 |
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| Accession number | E.4135-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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