Memorandum Book pp. 28v & 29r

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Memorandum Book pp. 28v & 29r
Memorandum Book pp. 28v & 29r
Memorandum Book pp. 28v & 29r
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Memorandum Book pp. 28v & 29r
Date
c.1771-1775
Medium
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
D421/29
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).
Collectors' marks
29r: Museum stamp at bottom of page: V.A.M.
Critical commentary
28v: Blank
29r: Blank apart from museum stamp
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.