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John Brett Sketchbook No 56. Plymouth, Swanage, Holyhead, Skomer, 1883
Sketchbook contains thirty-seven leaves including three blank, PAG0102-PAG0135.
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Object Details
ID:
PAG0101
Type:
Sketchbook
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Brett, John
Date made:
1883
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
154 mm x 233 mm x 12 mm
Parts:
John Brett Sketchbook No 56. Plymouth, Swanage, Holyhead, Skomer, 1883
Sketch by a child (Drawing) (PAG0102)
Sketch of sea and sky in rain while approaching Falmouth. Colour notes (continued from PAG0102) (Drawing) (PAG0103)
Sketch of sea and heavy sky with rain from off Falmouth (continued from PAG0103) (Drawing) (PAG0104)
Small sketches of sailing vessels at sea off Falmouth (Drawing) (PAG0105)
Two sketches showing vessels including Tyne at Falmouth (Drawing) (PAG0106)
Rough sketch of a cloudy sky (inverted) (Drawing) (PAG0107)
Sketch of sky with rain, annotated (on reverse and continued on PAG0109) (Drawing) (PAG0108)
Sketch of a stormy cloudy sky. Annotated (continued from PAG0108) (Drawing) (PAG0109)
Sketch of rocks at St Ann's Head. Annotated. Also views (continued from PAG0109) (Drawing) (PAG0110)
Sketch of a view of St Ann's Head bearing E (continued from PAG0110) (Drawing) (PAG0111)
Rough sketch of Skomer (a beautiful Island) (continued from PAG0111) (Drawing) (PAG0112)
Rough sketch of a sailing vessel at sea near S Bishop (continued from PAG0112) (Drawing) (PAG0113)
Rough sketch of the sea and rocks on Skomer (continued from PAG0113) (Drawing) (PAG0114)
Rough sketch of the Island Skomer. Annotated (continued from PAG0114) (Drawing) (PAG0115)
Slight sketch of Grass holme (continued from PAG0115) (Drawing) (PAG0116)
Rough sketch of Ramsay with S Bishop lighthouse. Annotated (continued from PAG0116) (Drawing) (PAG0117)
Rough sketch of high rocks on Ramsay. Annotated (continued from PAG0117) (Drawing) (PAG0118)
Rough sketch of Strumble head (continued from PAG0118) (Drawing) (PAG0119)
Rough sketch of peak at Pen Caer. Annotated (continued from PAG0119) (Drawing) (PAG0120)
Rough sketch of Strumble Head (continued from PAG0120) (Drawing) (PAG0121)
Rough sketch of rocks at Pen Caer. Annotated (continued from PAG0121) (Drawing) (PAG0122)
Rough sketch of Holyhead Island showing a lighthouse (continued from PAG0122) (Drawing) (PAG0123)
Rough sketch of rocky island Ailsa Craig bearing E N E (inverted) (Drawing) (PAG0124)
Rough sketch of rocky island Ailsa Craig bearing S by W and cloud (Drawing) (PAG0125)
Rough sketch showing the hills of Arran (continued from PAG0125) (Drawing) (PAG0126)
Rough sketch of water, rocks and cloud at Rothesay (continued on PAG0126) (Drawing) (PAG0127)
Sketch of Plymouth showing hills and two sailing vessels (on reverse and continued on PAG0129) (Drawing) (PAG0128)
Sketch of Plymouth showing coast, sea and three sailing vessels (continued from PAG0128) (Drawing) (PAG0129)
Very rough sketch of hills near Start Point (continued from PAG0129) (Drawing) (PAG0130)
Sketch of Dartmouth Mew Stone and a cloudy sky. Annotated (on reverse and continued on PAG0132) (Drawing) (PAG0131)
Sketch of the coastal hills Dartmouth. (continued from PAG0131) (Drawing) (PAG0132)
Sketch of Swanage showing houses and sailing vessels (continued from PAG0132) (Drawing) (PAG0133)
Sketch of the Needles from N W. Annotated (continued from PAG0133) (Drawing) (PAG0134)
Slight sketch of the Needles from the Solent (Drawing) (PAG0135)
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