Drawing Book

Printer Cover printed by John Heywood British

1880–81

Not on view

This exercise book intended for a student of drawing has a gray-green printed cover with ornament surrounding the title and small landscape vignettes above and below. The volume contains 12 leaves filled with sketched exercises.

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Provenance

Title: Drawing Book
Artist: H. Byrne (British, active 1880–90)
Printer: Cover printed by John Heywood (British, late 19th century)
Date: 1880–81
Medium: Black chalk or graphite
Dimensions: 9 5/8 × 14 3/16 in. (24.5 × 36 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Sketchbooks
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.757.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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