drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 1947,0208.3.1-121
- Description
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Album half-bound in tooled and gilded leather and marbled boards, containing 121 drawings, mostly pasted onto album leaves, with topographical views of England, Wales and Ireland
Pen and ink with grey wash or pen and brown ink with brown wash; often over graphite; others in black chalk or graphite (or both) with grey wash; some over coloured wash or on coloured paper
- Production date
- 1800-1820 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 248 millimetres (album sheet)
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Height: 328 millimetres (covers)
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Height: 205 millimetres (drawn sheet; maximum)
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Height: 102 millimetres (drawn sheet; minimum)
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Width: 315 millimetres (album sheet)
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Width: 272 millimetres (covers)
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Width: 286 millimetres (drawn sheet; maximum)
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Width: 195 millimetres (drawn sheet; minimum)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1947,0208.3.1-121