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Sketches: 3680

Object information

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Titles

Sketches

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Harvey, William

Categories

Description

Sketchbook with marbled cover boards, leather covered spine and corners. Contains 43 ff. At least three types of paper. The following removed: 2ff before f.1; 1 following f.7; 2 following f.8; 1 following f.27; 1 following f.32; 1 following f.37.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1905) by James, Montague Rhodes, Dr

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Sheet Size Height 142 mm Width 187 mm
Coverboard Size Height 147 mm Width 192 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: William Harvey (1796-1866) / Given by Dr. M.R. James Litt. D. / 1905
  • Location: Outside front cover
  • Method of creation: Black ink MS label

Inscription present: all lines graphite except the line contained in square brackets, [...], which is brown ink, and has produced an offset on verso of f.43

  • Text: Costumes of Different Nations, Kings Lib'y / Meyricks Costumes of the British Isles. Da / ---------- Ancient Armour[?] / Denon's Egypt -------------- / Rossilim & Egypt ------------- / Struts Costumes of England time of Saxons / Bell's Anatomy of the expression of Painting / Lander's Great floods of Moray[?] / Spex's Bird's of Brazil / Selby's Illustrations to British Ornithology / Brookes Sketches in Spain & Morocco / Encyclopedia Heraldica / [Strutts Forest Trees] / Ouvres d'Architecture / De Jean le Pautre / Captain Head's Travels - America / Shaws Illuminated Letters Ornaments & a / Cariama de ___ / Dicholophus _ Christaphes -
  • Location: Inside back cover
  • Method of creation: Graphite and brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3680
Primary reference Number: 37067
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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sketches" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/37067 Accessed: 2024-11-22 11:52:24

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