Notebook: "Instructions for examining landscape, illustrated by a few drawings"
Draughtsman: Gilpin, William
Twenty pages of wove manuscript paper and thirty-two drawings stuck down on purplish laid paper, which is hook bound; stuck inside the back cover is an envelope with "This envelope contains a letter." written on it in black ink
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
1789 - 1794
There are five blank manuscript pages following the text, and two blank pages following the drawings
Page Size Height 205 mm Width 285 mm
Inscription present: name appears on a banner wrapped around a shield bearing a boar
Inscription present: the '3' of the date crossed through in black ink, and replaced with a '2'
Accession number: 3674
Primary reference Number: 10705
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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