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Call Number:
MSS 6
Creator:
Pease, Emma Gurney, circa 1830-1895
Title(s):
Sketchbook: botanical drawings and rural scenery
Date:
1840-1845
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Sketchbooks and drawings
Part of Collection:
1, folder 2
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:
Inscribed, "Emma Gurney Pease--from her dear Grandmamma Gurney, 1840." Contains graphite sketches of rural scenery and botanical studies in watercolor. The works are generally accomplished, with detailed graphite drawings and carefully painted watercolors. Emma’s work seems to show a stronger aptitude in, or even preference for, graphite pieces. The scenes depicted in the sketches include images of rural cottages, architectural ruins, and studies of tree leaf patterns. Many of the images in this book are mirrored in Jane Pease's sketchbook of the same era (Box 2, Folder 9), with nearly identical pieces occurring quite often.
Physical Description:
1 v. (24 leaves of drawings) ; 24 x 30 cm. Bound in half green roan and marbled boards.
Genre:
Sketchbooks, Botanical illustrations, Pictorial works, Specimens. , Children's art, Exercise books (Penmanship), Exercise books, Graphite drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, Travel sketches, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Art, Amateur
Education
Quakers
Railroads
School notebooks
Associated Places:
Europe
Great Britain
Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
Scotland
Switzerland
Yorkshire (England)
Associated People/Groups:
Gurney, Emma, ca. 1800-1860
Hutton Hall (Guisborough, England)
Pease family
Pease, Edward Lloyd, 1861-1934
Pease, Edward, 1767-1858
Pease, Elizabeth Lucy, 1833-1881
Pease, Emma Gurney, ca. 1830-1895
Pease, Francis Richard, 1844-1865
Pease, Helen Blanche, 1865-1951
Pease, Henry, 1807-1881
Pease, Jane Gurney, 1827-1894
Pease, John Henry, 1836-1854
Pease, Mary Cecelia, 1892-1975
Pease, Mary W.
Pease, Rachel, 1831-1912
Pease, Sarah Charlotte, 1858-1929
Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830-1905
Finding Aid Title:
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3259
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3259?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1