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Drawings of cottages farmhouses &c in Wiltshire & Berkshire
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Title
Drawings of cottages farmhouses &c in Wiltshire & Berkshire, [circa 1797?].
Physical Description
1 v. (circa 35 p.) ; 23 cm. x 30 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Binding: modern cloth.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Ken Spelman Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2010.
Biographical / Historical Note
Thomas Hearne (1744-1817) was a watercolor painter and topographical draftsman. He served as draftsman to Sir Ralph Payne, Governor-General of the Leeward Islands, from 1771 to 1775, and is perhaps best known for his role in the engraving series The Antiquities of Great Britain (1778-1806). Hearne traveled extensively within England and Scotland, and is known to have visited Wiltshire in 1797.
Summary
Album containing twelve mounted pencil drawings, and one mounted pencil and sepia wash drawing, of farmhouses and cottages by Thomas Hearne. Most of the subjects are identified in a later hand.
The album also contains thirty-two mostly mounted pencil and pencil and wash drawings of rural characters, engaged in activities such as netting birds, setting traps, blacksmithing, walking with children, and slaughtering a bull. These have been attributed to William Henry Pyne.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2010
References
Thomas Hearne, Drawings of Cottages Farmhouses &c in Wiltshire and Berkshire. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Thomas Hearne, Drawings of Cottages Farmhouses &c in Wiltshire and Berkshire. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Drawings (visual works) - Great Britain.
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