Sketchbook
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1905 - 1907
Materials
Paper, Canvas, Card board
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342704.5
Summary
Fifth of a set of 6 sketch books by Charles Paget Wade. Donated by Richard Lupinacci, a resident of St. Kitts. The books were given to him by Mary Wade, wife of Charles, and were stored in a damp cellar for many years. The book is landscape format, covered in brown textile, with insect damage. Bookworm holes throughout. Yellow label inside front cover, printed: 'Whatman Sketch Book canvas cover (containing 30 leaves) Manufactured by Geo. Rowney & Co., artists' colourmen, and pencil makers, London, England' and handwritten 'C.P. Wade Elmsley, Yoxford, Suffolk' and 'Mary'. Contains pencil sketches and watercolours, some of which are annotated, from
Makers and roles
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956), writer Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956), artist