Sketchbook 1898/9
Draughtsman: Raverat, Gwendolen
Coverboards coverd with white linen. The front cover has a stretched elastic band attached top right and bottom right corners to be slipped over back cover. The back cover has a linen pencil holder. Off-white paper. Collocation: five gatherings containing the following number of leaves: eight (one attached to the front cover); six; five (one torn out); seven (one cut out); eight (one attached to back cover). Many blank pages especially near middle of book.
Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs
In her book, 'Period Piece' (London, 1952), Gwendolen Ravarat describes how, from the age of nine, she attended drawing classes and "kept a sketchbook going, and drew everthing I saw" (p. 64). At the age of thirteen, she was taken abroad for the first time. They passed through Amsterdam where there was a Rembrandt exhibition. "I went absolutely mad, and set out to copy as many of his paintings as I could, in pencil, in a grubby little sketchbook". This must be that sketchbook, containing her copies of some of Rembrandt's paintings, together with other sketches from the journey including sketches from Cologne (one across two sides) and Heidelberg.
Support
composed of
paper
Sheet Size
Height 88 mm
Width 129 mm
Coverboards
Height 94 mm
Width 133 mm
Inscription present: Column of figures denoting line score in a game. One column is headed G (presumably Gwendolen Darwin), the other B (presumably her brother, William [Billy] Darwin). Below the columns is inscribed 'I have won' (crossed through) GMD / C? D / Oh did yer just.
Inscription present: A valentine poem to a boy
Accession number: PD.156-1994
Primary reference Number: 27847
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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