Sketchbook, c. 1936-38
Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen
Coverboards covered in grey grained paper over board. The first folio is a heavy cream coloured paper, bound with grey paper. The remainder are cream coloured, perforated tracing paper. Collocation: four gatherings containing the following number of folios: twenty five (three torn out); twenty four (thee torn out); twenty four (six torn out); twenty two (seven torn out). Pre-production page from 'The Coral Island' pasted onto inside front cover, frontispiece for 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy' likewise Page 1 recto, both by Penguin books.
Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs
Circa 1936 CE - 1938 CE
Studies of coach, also of man and women in early Georgian costume (frockcoats, wigs, tricorns, hooped dresses with decorated petticoats). Figure studies of contemporaries, also 'cartoon'style figure. Extensive art-related notes on inside covers and adjacent pages.
Support
composed of
paper
( folio 1)
tracing paper
Sheet Size
Height 268 mm
Width 215 mm
Coverboards
Height 275 mm
Width 221 mm
Inscription present: from 'The Coral Island' presumably a prototype for the artist's illustrated edition of Laurence Sterne's 'A Sentimental Journey', Penguin, 1938
Inscription present: extensive inscription
Accession number: PD.174-1994
Primary reference Number: 27646
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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