Drawing book
John Claude Nattes (Ireland? c.1765 - London 1839)
Category
Books
Date
21 Jul 1810 - Aug 1810
Materials
Paper, watercolour paint, board, leather, pencil, ink
Measurements
390 x 247 x 20 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730383
Summary
Large drawing book. Hard covers. Dark brown boards with black leather binding to spine and corners. Spine and binding badly decayed but just holding together. Writing on front board - 'No 3. 56 sketches from Nature by J.C. Nattes from July 21st to August .... 1810. .... House, Hencon, London, Stoke ....Teddington'. Inside front board - '56 drawings. 3.13.6' Handwritten note on facing page. 'Nimrod's fifth and last letter....' Pen, ink, pencil, wash and watercolour.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Makers and roles
John Claude Nattes (Ireland? c.1765 - London 1839)