Sketchbook
Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista
Bound in vellum, covered in red paper. Collation: 1/14; 2/16; 3/16; 4/16; 5/16;/ 6/16, watermark, fleur-de-lys within a circle, and four end papers - watermark of J. Bolton 1814 and Britannia, coat of arms.
History note: General Sir George Cockburn, G.C.H., Shanganagh Library
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
The book contains 98 folios. The artist has used the book as though it were horizontal. Each drawing has an inscription in brown ink in the artist's hand on the page preceeding it. Additional inscriptions in graphite are in the hand of Dr Thomas Ashby, and others are in an unidentified hand, possibly 18th C.
Leaf Size
Height 222 mm
Width 166 mm
Book Size
Height 237 mm
Width 170 mm
Inscription present: This book was examined 12 Nov 1928 by Dr Thomas Ashby, Director of the / British School at Rome 1906-1925, who checked the inscriptions & added / others in pencil
Accession number: 3693
Primary reference Number: 9769
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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