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Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay

Title
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay.
Production
Devon, circa 1830.
Physical Description
1 v. ([20] leaves) : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Pen and brown or black ink with some sepia and blue wash; graphite; one watercolor in green, brown, blue and pink wash over graphite.
In marbled boards, with roan back.
Provenance
Selected exhibitions: "Recent Acquisitions and Gifts" (Yale Center for British Art, May 19-August 15 2005).
Summary
A collection of manuscript sketches, in several hands, of various locations in Devon. The thin oblong sketchbook is inscribed, in graphite, with the names "Mary Luxmoore" and "CTC Luxmoore" on the inside of the front cover. While most of the illustrations are clearly by the same artist, one or two are equally clearly not; the two sketches of a horse and cart on the final leaf appear to be a child's drawings. Many of the illustrations have captions, some with the precise location from which the sketch was taken. On the first page is a watercolor of Teignmouth; the rest of the illustrations consist of pen and ink sketches or unfinished graphite sketches.
The views primarily depict harbors or country cottages and include: Teignmouth from Brookefield House, Mr. Temple's; W. Lynton's Cottage, Teignmouth; View from the belvedere at Powderham; From W. Long's garden; Woodbine Cottage near Torquay; Torquay, 1830.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
November 15, 2007
References
Mary Luxmoore, Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
Cite as
Mary Luxmoore, Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
Genre/Form
Sketchbooks.
Marine drawings.
Views.
Children's art.
Watercolors.
Ink drawings.
Graphite drawings.
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