Sketchbook
George Rowney & Co. Ltd
Category
Books
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cartridge paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
183 mm (W)125 mm (H)
Place of origin
Piccadilly
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335845
Summary
Sketchbook - Brown hessian covered sketchbook, handwritten inside the cover 'Charles Paget Wade 1893'. Watercolours inside include Channel Island places St Peter's Port, Cobo Bay, Caste Cornet and Sark, and Mundesley in Norfold. All labeled intheir bottom right corner. Sketchbook labelled on inside front cover: 'Solid Block Sketch Book, made of Cartidge Paper, Manufactured by Geo. Rowney and Co. 64 Oxford Street and Princes Hall, Picadilly, London'. Cover has a sleeve attached to hold a pen or pencil, and an elasticated strap (elastic perished).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
George Rowney & Co. Ltd