Sketchbook (shipping etc)

Pocket sketchbook, red leather spine and corners, marble board; labelled 'Roberson and Miller, 51 Long Acre, London' (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 ins), spine separated; button closure and leather pencil holder. Grey paper (3 1/2 x 5 3/4 ins). 45 ff., mostly blank but with sketches of hulks and shipping details (inc 'Victory'?) apparently at Portsmouth, a very grand country house (?Bowood) and other inscriptions including 'Moselle', wine list, names. From the studio collection of Clarkson Stanfield RA, acquired 9.04 (Bagshawe Collection). [PvdM 5.06]

Object Details

ID: ZBA4141
Type: Sketchbook
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Stanfield, Clarkson
Date made: Probably 1830s
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London