Skip to main content

Sketches: 3681

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sketches

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Harvey, William

Categories

Description

Leather bound sketchbook with green coverboards and red spine with gold tooling. Corners of covers have triangular red areas with gold bands. Contains 42 ff., drawings on tracing paper which are loose, and drawings on paper, stuck into sketchbook. Has one green endpaper front and back, each stuck to sheet of white paper which has been drawn.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1905) by James, Montague Rhodes, Dr

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Leaf Size Height 124 mm Width 207 mm
Coverboard Size Height 130 mm Width 213 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: William Harvey (1796-1866) / Given by Dr. M.R. James Litt. D., / 1905
  • Location: Outside front cover
  • Method of creation: Black ink MS label
  • Text: 7/72 / 2/
  • Location: Inside front cover, upper left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Drawings by W. Harvey (1796-1866) / Given by Dr. M.R. James, 1905 / 3681
  • Location: Front endpaper, upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite MS label stuck down

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3681
Primary reference Number: 37206
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sketches" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37206 Accessed: 2024-11-25 09:16:24

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37206 |title=Sketches |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 09:16:24|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-37206

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...