Notebook: "Instructions for examining landscape, illustrated by a few drawings"
Draughtsman: Gilpin, William
Twenty pages of wove manuscript paper and thirty-two drawings stuck down on purplish laid paper, which is hook bound; stuck inside the back cover is an envelope with "This envelope contains a letter." written on it in black ink
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
There are five blank manuscript pages following the text, and two blank pages following the drawings
Page Size Height 205 mm Width 285 mm
Inscription present: name appears on a banner wrapped around a shield bearing a boar
Inscription present: the '3' of the date crossed through in black ink, and replaced with a '2'
Accession number: 3674
Primary reference Number: 10705
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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