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Sketchbook containing drawings of sculpture, ornament and architecture of British churches: 832/6

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketchbook containing drawings of sculpture, ornament and architecture of British churches

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Categories

Description

Sketchbook with marbled coverboards with red leather diagonal tips, and a blue-black leather spine. Contains 72 leaves. Leaves between f.26 and f.72 are blank, both recto and verso, and therefore are not detailed elsewhere.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1916-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Leaf Height 226 mm Width 183 mm
Cover Board Height 234 mm Width 186 mm

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: within blue printed border

  • Text: 448D
  • Location: Outside front cover, lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed label with black ink MS additions
  • Text: FROM THE LIBRARY OF / CH:FAIRFAX MURRAY
  • Location: Inside front cover, top
  • Method of creation: Printed book plate
  • Text: Dorchester / Oxford, Iffley / Cirencester / Gloucester / Malvern, Tewksbury / Worester. / Warwick / Northampton, Higham Ferrers / Wootton, Geddington / Peterborough
  • Location: Inside front cover, from top to centre left
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: Kingston near Kegworth Leicestershire a bas / relief representing the last judgment[sic] on the / monument of the Babington Family
  • Location: Inside front cover, below centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/6
Primary reference Number: 38454
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 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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