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Nelson Dawson Sketchbook, 1935. Whitby Area. Volume 40
Sketchbook contains fifty-four leaves including eleven blank, PAG2348-PAG2390.
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ID:
PAG2347
Type:
Sketchbook
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Dawson, Nelson
Date made:
1935
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
233 mm x 156 mm x 7 mm
Parts:
Nelson Dawson Sketchbook, 1935. Whitby Area. Volume 40
Slight sketch of the open sea with a distant steam vessel (Drawing) (PAG2348)
Sketch of a coastal town with a castle on a hill, viewed from the beach (Drawing) (PAG2349)
Sketch of four rowing boats with figures rowing towards the left (Drawing) (PAG2350)
Slight sketch of Whitby salmon fishers in rowing boats - July 1935 (Drawing) (PAG2351)
Sketch of three rowing boats on the open sea. Page 5 (Drawing) (PAG2352)
Small sketch of figures in a rowing boat (Drawing) (PAG2353)
Sketch of four rowing boats, two tied up and two in use (Drawing) (PAG2354)
Sketch of four rowing boats, Whitby salmon fishers (Drawing) (PAG2355)
Sketch of Whitby showing ' salmon fishers hurrying back to market with their fish' (Drawing) (PAG2356)
Sketch of a fishing vessel - ' Tunny fishers off Whitby July /35 (Drawing) (PAG2357)
Sketch of a fishing vessel - 'Tunny Fishers - off Whitby July /35 (Drawing) (PAG2358)
Sketch of four Salmon Cobles - Whitby, July/35 (Drawing) (PAG2359)
Six small sketches of rowing boats (Drawing) (PAG2360)
Sketch of a rowing boat at sea, with figures (Drawing) (PAG2361)
Sketch of Whitby Salmon Cobles at sea (Drawing) (PAG2362)
Slight sketch of a fisherman? in a small boat with mast lowered (Drawing) (PAG2363)
Slight sketch of a distant coble and sky with colour notes (Drawing) (PAG2364)
Sketch of a small sailing vessel with mast lowered (Drawing) (PAG2365)
Small sketch of a sailing vessel at sea also with seabirds and steamer on the horizon (Drawing) (PAG2366)
Thirteen small sketches of rowing boats in various positions on the waves (Drawing) (PAG2367)
Four small sketches, possibly of motor boats at speed and two other vessels (Drawing) (PAG2368)
Slight sketch of a sailing vessel and a buoy (Drawing) (PAG2369)
Slight sketch of a distant sailing vessel and stormy sky, with colour notes (Drawing) (PAG2370)
Slight sketch of vessels near a cliff (Drawing) (PAG2371)
Sketch of ship entering a harbour with a lighthouse on the pier each side, with colour notes (Drawing) (PAG2372)
Sketch of a ship having entered a harbour with a lighthouse on the pier each side, with colour notes (Drawing) (PAG2373)
Sketch of a rowing boat proceeding between two piers (Drawing) (PAG2374)
Rough sketch of piers and houses on the sea front (Drawing) (PAG2375)
Rough sketch of railway near a river with houses on a hill (Drawing) (PAG2376)
Rough sketch of a small steam vessel and lighthouse on a pier (Drawing) (PAG2377)
Slight sketch of seaweed on a beach with buoy and ships in the distance (Drawing) (PAG2378)
Slight sketch of beach covered with seaweed and a view out to sea (Drawing) (PAG2379)
Slight sketch of a beach and a cloudy sky (Drawing) (PAG2380)
Sketch of a small harbour with vessels tied up and buildings on a hill beyond (Drawing) (PAG2381)
Slight sketch of a beach with a pier, a rowing boat and figures with another walking (Drawing) (PAG2382)
Sketches of fishing vessels, one dealing with crab pots. Annotated (Drawing) (PAG2383)
Sketch of rain at sea (Drawing) (PAG2384)
Very small sketches of rowing boat and steam? boat (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG2385)
Small sketches of a rowing boat and a steam? boat (Drawing) (PAG2386)
Unfinished sketch possibly of a lighthouse (Drawing) (PAG2387)
Rough sketch of a boat leaving a harbour between two piers, each with a lighthouse (Drawing) (PAG2388)
Slight sketch of a small sailing boat on a choppy sea with cliffs in the distance, with colour notes (Drawing) (PAG2389)
Rough sketch of steam ships in a gale off Whitby, Oct 1935 (Drawing) (PAG2390)
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