drawing;
sketch-book
- Museum number
- 1999,0227.1.a-c
- Description
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Three sheets from a sketchbook of views of Brixham Harbour and Torbay, Devon.
Graphite, watercolour and ink wash
Far Loose leaf, 18cm x 10.5cm. On left, a man wearing a wide hat and smoking a cigar, standing on a quayside, with a sailing-boat in the distance. On right, a shield with heraldic symbols. No inscription. Graphite.
Fav Blank.
Fbr Loose leaf, 19.5cm x 17.5cm. Unfinished sketch of 2-gabled house. No inscription. Graphite.
Fbv Blank.
Fcr Loose leaf, 15.5cm x 16.5cm, Sketch of sailing-boat, with 2 smaller boats in distance below. No inscription. Graphite.
Fcv Unfinished sketches of 4 flags. No inscription. Graphite.
- Production date
- 18thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 182 millimetres
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Width: 285 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- These three loose sheets are by a later hand. For details of the sketchbook in which these sheets are inserted see 1999-2-27-1 (1-10)
See: 2000, BM, A Noble Art, no.95
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- 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
- 1999,0227.1.a-c