Memorandum Book, pp. 31v & 32r

Memorandum Book, pp. 31v & 32r
Memorandum Book, pp. 31v & 32r
Memorandum Book, pp. 31v & 32r
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Memorandum Book, pp. 31v & 32r
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
D421/32
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).
Related Drawings
D146/2 The Prow of a Roman Galley, c.1752, The British Museum
Critical commentary
30v: Graphite sketch at 90 degrees to right of extensive hilly landscape, with scattered buildings, trees and distant horizon
31r, upper half: Graphite sketch of prow of ancient ship
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.
Condition/Conservation
30v: Three small tears along vertical edge
31r: Tear approximately halfway down vertical edge