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Sketchbook recording a tour in North Wales
Title
[Sketchbook recording a tour in North Wales] [graphic].
Published
North Wales, August & Septr. 1790.
Physical Description
38 drawings in 1 sketchbook : pencil, pen and wash over graphite ; 24 cm
Notes
Binding: Marble boards, half-leather, with wax seal and stamped with the initiials ESD [i.e. Elizabeth Susanna Davenport].
In the artist's hand on front pastedown: "This is for THF" [i.e. her son Thomas Henry Graham].
Provenance
Purchased from Samuel Gedge, 2012.
Biographical / Historical Note
Elizabeth Susanna Davenport (1764-1844) was a writer known for her books written for children. She married lawyer Thomas Graham (1751-1814).
Summary
An album containing drawings of castles, ruins, abbeys, landscapes, roads, and bridges drawn by the artist while on tour in northern Wales in August and September 1790, the year before her marriage. Most of the drawings are titled with names of places visited and are listed on the front flyleaf. On the verso of the fifth drawing, sometime after 1826, the artist has written a short piece entitled "Recollections" in which she compares travelling in Wales in 1790 to the last trip she took in 1826.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 08, 2012
References
Elizabeth Graham, Sketchbook Contaning Pen and Wash Views Recording a Tour in North Wales. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Elizabeth Graham, Sketchbook Contaning Pen and Wash Views Recording a Tour in North Wales. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Amateur works.
Graphite drawings.
Wash drawings.
Ink drawings.
Landscapes drawings.
Views.
Drawings (visual works)
Sketchbooks.
Occupation
Women artists.
Bookmark As
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