Crown Court Series of Drawing Books, The
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1901
Materials
Paper
Measurements
230 mm (height); 344 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671556
Summary
A drawing book. The front cover has dark blue printing on a dirty cream background. There is a fancy border which has, at the centre on each side, a medallion with pictures of artists labelled 'Leonardo De Vinci', 'Anthony Van Dyck', 'Murillo' and 'P.P. Rubens' respectively. In the centre is printed 'The Crown Court Series of Drawing Books'. The back is plain and the front cover is detached. Inside are pencil and ink drawings, some interleaved with tissue paper, titles, marks obtained and date.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Banks. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Marks and inscriptions
On the cover: 'Latour House Hastings D B.'