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John Brett Sketchbook No 46. Caldy Is., The Lizard 1873, 1875-77, 1879
Sketchbook contains thirty-one leaves including thirteen blank, PAF9833-PAF9850.
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ID:
PAF9832
Type:
Sketchbook
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Brett, John
Places:
Caldey Island
;
Lizard
Date made:
1873-1879; 1873-79
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
189 mm x 263 mm x 10 mm
Parts:
John Brett Sketchbook No 46. Caldy Is., The Lizard 1873, 1875-77, 1879
Sketch of coastal scene, with notes inscribed ' Compass Point Cornwall' (on reverse and continued on PAF9834) (Drawing) (PAF9833)
Coastal scene, Compass Point, Cornwall (continued from PAF9833) (Drawing) (PAF9834)
Rough landscape sketch (Drawing) (PAF9835)
Landscape sketch, with colour notes (Drawing) (PAF9836)
Slight sketch, with notes, of light effects inscribed ' Lizard Aug/76' (continued from PAF9836) (Drawing) (PAF9837)
Two slight sketches of fishing craft, one inscribed on sail '10 F' (Drawing) (PAF9838)
Sketch of coastal cliffs inscribed ' St Margaret's Island & Caldy from the Sound midday Aug 9.79 (Drawing) (PAF9839)
Sketch of sea cliffs, with note, inscribed 'West end of St Margarets' (Drawing) (PAF9840)
Sketch of sea cliffs inscribed 'South side of St Margaret's Aug 9.79' (continued from PAF9840) (Drawing) (PAF9841)
Sketch of rock formation inscribed 'a peak at St Margaret's N end Aug 9.79' (Drawing) (PAF9842)
Sketch of St Margaret's Island from Caldy (on reverse and continued on PAF9844) (Drawing) (PAF9843)
Landscape sketch, with note, inscribed St Margaret's from Caldy (continued from PAF9843) (Drawing) (PAF9844)
Sketch of breakers and rocks, with notes, inscibed 'wind S W 11am Oct 15.77 stays after a nights gale (on reverse)' (Drawing) (PAF9845)
Sketch of sunset with colour notes (on reverse and inverted) (Drawing) (PAF9846)
Sketch of cloudscape, with colour notes (on reverse and inverted) (Drawing) (PAF9847)
Sketch of cliffs inscribed 'The Balk from the Hot, Sep 7.77' and small sketch of sailing vessel (on reverse and inverted) (Drawing) (PAF9848)
Sketch of sea cliffs inscribed 'The Balk from the Hot Sep 7.77' (on reverse and inverted) (Drawing) (PAF9849)
Unidentified rubbing (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAF9850)
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