Research Catalog

Title

Peak District sketchbook, 1821-1822

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Details

Description

1 volume (40 leaves, some blank) : illustrations; 14 x 24 cm

Summary

Sketchbook of drawings by an unidentified artist, recording scenes of the Peak District in Derbyshire as well as country houses and churches in Essex and Hertfordshire. Most drawings are undated; of those with dates, the earliest is September 1821 and the latest is May 1822. Many scenes include the figure of a gentleman with walking stick and hat, sometimes seen with a small geologist's hammer. In one scene ("Cromford Rocks"), he is using the hammer to carve the initials "B C" into a rock. Bound in half red roan over blue-gray boards, paper with the watermark of "[RUSE & T]URNERS [18]15." On the front pastedown is a contemporary book label (engraved armorial crest of falcon clutching a sheaf of wheat, above engraved initials "T. [D?]"); on the rear pastedown is another [later?] book label (woodcut of a tree, man in hat reclining underneath, cottage in the background).

Subjects

• Pen and wash drawings
• Pen and ink drawings
• Church buildings > England > Hertfordshire > Pictorial works
• Peak District (England) > Pictorial works
• Mansions > England > Essex > Pictorial works
• Church buildings > England > Essex > Pictorial works
• Sketchbooks
• Pencil drawings

Genre/Form

• Sketchbooks.
• Pencil drawings.
• Pen and ink drawings.
• Pen and wash drawings.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Contents

[Pencil sketch of pond and trees]. -- Bonsall Church & Village. -- Dursley Spring, near Matlock, Derbyshire. -- Cromford Rocks, Derbyshire. -- Critch Hill, from the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire. -- Matlock High Tor. -- Matlock High Tor and the Derwent. -- The Bonsall SIde of Masson Hill. -- [Pen and wash sketch with grazing cow, rocks and foliage]. -- Near Bonsall. -- Waterfall at Tansley. -- The Upper Fall at Tansley, near Matlock. -- View on the Cromford Canal. -- View from the Top of Critch Tower, of Cromford Moor, Alport, Masson & Riber Hills. -- View from the Top of Cromford Rocks. -- Haddon Hall. -- Part of the Ruins of Wingfield Manor. -- View on the River Lathkill. -- Source of the Lathkill. -- From the Interior of the Cave out of which the Lathkill issues. -- A Dell near the Source of the Lathkill. -- The Chapel of the Hermitage, on Cratcliff Rocks. -- Dove Holes, Dovedale. -- Dovedale, The Needle, the Sion, & Eagles nest. -- The Straits of Dovedale, from Reynards Hall. -- Stisted Church, Essex. -- Bradwell Church near Coggeshall, Essex. -- Hallingbury Place, Essex, The Seat of J. A. Houblon, Esqr. -- The South Side of Ashford Lodge and portraits of Mr. Ds---- four principal trees in May 1822. -- Ashford Lodge. -- [Pencil sketches of church architectural details.] -- [Pen and wash drawing of cottage and trees.]. -- Amwell. -- [Transcription of epitaph of Thomas Monger, Amwell Churchyard.]

Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS (Peak District sketchbook)

OCLC

965501816

Title

Peak District sketchbook, 1821-1822

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

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Research Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS (Peak District sketchbook)