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Sketchbook, 1991, 'Operation Raleigh', Guyana: PD.49-1996

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketchbook, 1991, 'Operation Raleigh', Guyana

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Grant, Keith

Categories

Description

Black plastic over card covered sketchbook. Each leaf perforated approx. 12 mm in from spine edge to allow removal. 79 leaves and 2 endpapers. 1 leaf removed following f.79.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1996) by Grant, Keith

Dating

1991-06-28 CE - 1991-07-06 CE

Note

Landscape studies, mainly of foliage and forested vistas, usually across a double page. A double page left blank between each used double page, or a single side left blank opposite a single sided study (often a botantical illustration of parts of a plant etc). Most sketches have title and date, some have annotation. 5 strips of paper mark pages in the book.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 209 mm Width 149 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: also bears the symbol of the television program 'Blue Peter'

  • Text: Operation / Raleigh
  • Location: Cover
  • Method of creation: Adhesive label
  • Text: Keith Grant / 1st Guyana sketchbook / June/July - 1991 / 28 June to 6th July 91
  • Location: Inside front cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.49-1996
Primary reference Number: 11388
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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