Memorandum Book pp. 3v & 4r

Memorandum Book pp. 3v & 4r
Memorandum Book pp. 3v & 4r
Memorandum Book pp. 3v & 4r
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Memorandum Book pp. 3v & 4r
Date
c.1771-1775
Medium
Graphite and black ink on white laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 159 x 103 mm (volume)
Imperial: 6 1/4 x 4 1/16 in. (volume)
Accession Number
P.94-1921
Wilson Online Reference
D421/4
Description
Part of a Memorandum Book used about 1771-1775. Brown leather cover and 36 leaves remaining; four others have been almost entirely torn out. 21 pages have slight pencil sketches by Wilson, mostly of landscapes or buildings. A few are blank, the rest have rough manuscript notes, mainly of accounts
Provenance
Puttick & Simpson, London, 9 December 1921, 'The Joseph Farington Collection of Drawings, Papers and Diaries bequeathed to the late Miss M.L.E. Tyrwhitt of Northwood Lodge, Wallington, Surrey' [and others] (part of lot 248).
Signature/inscription
3v inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: 4:3:6
Collectors' marks
3v: Bottom of page, printed museum stamp: V.A.M.
Critical commentary
4r contains the following list of expenses:
Travelling Charges
Exeter Coach £1:16:0
Staines fly 0=3=0
Living Expence [?] 0-3 0
Dinner & Supper 0=5 0
Sunday at Blandfd 0-5:0
Post chaise 0 13:6
at Dorchester 0-3-0
Honiton &c 0-2-6
Exeter ...... 0 4:0
Post ch. to Ponwo. [Ponsworthy?] 0-8:6
Cockinton etc. 0:5-0
Portrage [sic] of R[?] 0:0.6
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PD.217.0
Bibliography
Catalogue of the Joseph Farington, R.A. (1747-1821) Collection of Drawings, Papers and Diaries bequeathed to the late Miss M.L.E. Tyrwhitt of Northwood Lodge, Wallington, Surrey [and others], Puttick & Simpson, London, 9 December 1921 (part of lot 248); WGC p. 1.