drawing;
sketch-book
- Museum number
- 1966,0118.4.1-15
- Description
-
Bound sketch-book, black leather-cloth spine with gold tooling and black covers (150mm x 230mm) with unnumbered leaves 15 of which are drawn upon , containing notes, studies of mostly military figures for paintings including "The Colours" exhibited R.A. 1899. Dated 1899 inside the front cover. Pencil, pen & ink , watercolour.
Inside front cover: compositional figure studies of British Guardsmen for the painting "The Colours" , 1899 inscribed and underlined
F1r Sketches of a horse's foreleg and knee joint , inscribed " very moulded" ?
F1v pen & ink studies of the same figure group for "The Colours" and F2r further pencil studies of the group
F2v three pen studies of a standard-bearer , plus a half length figure , an officer bare-headed and a seated older figure on the right.
F3 r & v blank
F4r pen study of a standard-bearer and two studies of a man raising his hat in greeting to a lady on the right.
F4v two watercolour sketched of Regimental Colours with jotted colour notes
F5r pencil study of a hand with a staff , a star and a scribbled out sketch of a figure's waist
F5v and F6 pencil study of the regimental colours across the whole page, crown , star and jotted notes about the positioning of the standard ending..." centre of Queens' Colours ... left oblong"
F6v and F7 watercolour sketch on both pages of the Colours with various pencil notes including; " heavy folds...holes shrapnel...staff covered with folds of partially purpled silk folded inwards towards body...Crown...Talavera on this side in gold letters...start about1/3 from LIN gold letters...width of crown from elbow to waist"
F7v light sketch of the standard-bearer's arm
F8r pencil sketch of the Standard , "white...red x " written below
F8v blank
F9r two sketches of a man in overalls using a plastering trowel , with a slight further figure to the left
F9v six pencil sketches from behind of workmen in overalls , one smoking a pipe , another on a ladder and one on a bench
F10r five sketches of workmen , one in a floppy hat using a rake and the same figure standing hands on hips
F10v pen sketch of Napoleon on horseback pointing with right arm, tiny pencil sketch of a man in a floppy hat to the right
F11r pen study of a figure carring a baby with a child beside them in a landscape with the appearance of a coastline behind with billowing smoke and a sunset
( possibly an early study for the painting "The Remnants of an Army" ?)
F11v two studies of a man on horseback in riding outfit , pen and pencil
F12r and F12v blank
F13r pencil sketch of a man in a floppy hat , pen study of Napoleon full-length on horseback , and head & shoulders
F13v pencil study , upside down , of a man riding a horse over a jump
F14r pen sketch of Napoleon head and shoulders
F14v pencil study of a bare headed man on horseback , noted below..." bareback a poil"
F15r slight sketches of the hind quarters of a horse and two outlines of the head of a soldier
F15v full-length sketch of a cavalryman on horseback with two studies of the upper body
F16r the same figure in the saddle holding a lance or a standard , inscribed
" hand on level with shoulder"
F16v horse and rider seen from the front, noted above ..."for rein to be high hands should be level with pectoral..."
F17r a Lancer on horseback seen from the side outline of another figure beyond and a horse's tail , notes ..." Tail...horse taking ground this left"
F17v three pencil studies of the same mounted figure.
The remaining pages in the book are blank except for the Inside back cover ; a page of scribbled out text.
- Production date
- 1861-1933
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1966
- 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.
According to correspondence received by the BM from Runciman on 3. i.1966, he acquired this notebook at a junk shop a few days previously.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1966,0118.4.1-15
