Mounsey, Edward Backhouse, 1840-1911, Drawing book, 1852
- Call Number:
- MSS 13
- Creator:
- Mounsey, Edward Backhouse, 1840-1911
- Title(s):
- Drawing book
- Date:
- 1852
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Etchings and drawing book by Edward Backhouse Mounsey
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 15
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- The drawing book is inscribed: E.B. Mounsey, 1852. The 14 leaves of drawings mainly depict houses and architectural details, with two drawings of boats. Also loosely inserted is one comic sketch, in graphite, of an elephant (in man's clothing), and another graphite sketch of a ship and whale.
- Physical Description:
- 16 leaves of graphite drawings ; 18 x 24 cm
- Genre:
- Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Etchings (prints), Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, Lithographs, Printing plates, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Animals in artArt, AmateurBirds in artEtchingQuakersShips in art
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Backhouse, Edward, 1808-1879Backhouse, John MounseyBackhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812-1872Backhouse, Rachel, 1826-1898Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810-1857Backus familyBarclay, Ann Ford, 1822-1913Barclay, Elizabeth GurneyCave, Henry, 1779-1836Davison, W.Mounsey familyMounsey, Edward Backhouse, 1840-1911Mounsey, J. C.Mounsey, Thomas, 1793-1850Pease, SusanPike, LydiaRichardson, Jonathan, 1802-ca. 1880Sparkes, J. M.
- Finding Aid Title:
- Backhouse and Mounsey collection
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1132
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1132?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1