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Sketchbook

Sketchbook
ca. 1900 (made)
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Place of origin

204 pages of off-white paper bound in cardboard ends with the trademark ‘1881 “Sir William” sketchbook’

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Object type
TitleSketchbook (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Sketchbook, by Edna Clarke Hall, pencil, ink and watercolour, ca. 1900.
Physical description
204 pages of off-white paper bound in cardboard ends with the trademark ‘1881 “Sir William” sketchbook’
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 22.8cm
  • Volume width: 18.2cm
  • Page height: 22.8cm
  • Page width: 17.7cm
Contained in a volume measuring 9 inches by 7. (1949 measurement)
Marks and inscriptions
1881 “Sir William” sketchbook

Note
trademark
Credit line
Given by Mr G.D. Hornblower
Subjects depicted
Literary references
  • Wuthering Heights
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection
Accession number
E.748-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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