Memorandum Book pp. 9v & 10r

Memorandum Book pp. 9v & 10r
Memorandum Book pp. 9v & 10r
Memorandum Book pp. 9v & 10r
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Memorandum Book pp. 9v & 10r
Date
c.1771-1775
Medium
Graphite 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
D421/10
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).
Critical commentary
9v: Outline landscape sketch at 90 degrees to right of lake or field, woods and hill with two figures in right foreground and gate and style with bull or cow nearby in middle ground.
10r: Pencil notes: To send Views of Wales | to Mr Bedwell Law | Bookseller in Ave | Mary Lane | for Wilson | Painting[?] to send | this[?] Picture to | I[?]--tia.
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.
More Information
Bedwell Law (before 1745-1798) was a bookseller and publisher, based in Ave Maria Lane in the City of London to the west of St Paul's Cathedral.