Sketchbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books or pads of blank sheets used or intended for sketching, which are informal or rough drawings.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Robert Leslie sketchbook, circa 1820-1859
Item — Vol. 1: Series 1
Call Number: MSS 15, Series I
Scope and Contents:
Inscribed at front: "C.R. Leslie. No. 8 Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Sq., London, Jany. 1815." The album includes a mixture of texts and drawings. Texts include: "Extracts from Grose's Antiquities, continued from my sketch book dated July 9th, 1813"; "Extracts descriptive of the festivities of May Day"; and various notes on Hall, Browne (his Britannius pastorals), Borlose, Brand (his ...
Dates:
circa 1820-1859
Charles Robert Leslie Collection
Collection
Call Number: MSS 15
Overview:
The collection comprises sketchbooks, writings, and correspondence by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) and his family.
Dates:
circa 1812-1900