Pease, Jane Gurney, 1827-1894, Sketchbook: Switzerland and Cornwall, 1851-1852
- Call Number:
- MSS 6
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Pease, Jane Gurney, 1827-1894
- Title(s):
- Sketchbook: Switzerland and Cornwall
- Date:
- 1851-1852
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Sketchbooks and drawings
- Part of Collection:
- 2, folder 11
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Contains graphite and watercolor drawings from a family trip to Switzerland in 1851 and a second trip to Cornwall in 1852. As is typical of Jane’s work, the sketches are all landscapes of one kind or another, showing mountains, lakes, notable architectural features like Chillon Castle in Switzerland, and scenes from villages. In addition to the drawings made in Switzerland, the pieces from the trip to Cornwall consist of seascapes and landscapes. In particular, Jane includes a sketch of Cotham Lawn estate, which belonged to Margaret and Richard Fry. The Fry family was related to the Peases through marriage by this time. Other places depicted include: Lago di Como, Lago Maggiore, Montreux, Fribourg, Thun, Vevey, Heidelberg Castle, Giessbach Fall, Mainfort—Cornwall, Mount’s Bay from Penzance, and Falmouth harbor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (23 leaves of drawings) ; 19 x 27 cm. Bound in half dark green roan and marbled boards, from Harrison Penney, stationer, Darlington.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works, Travel sketches, Sketchbooks, Specimens. , Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Exercise books (Penmanship), Exercise books, Graphite drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Art, AmateurEducationQuakersRailroadsSchool notebooks
- Associated Places:
- Cornwall (England : County)EnglandEuropeGreat BritainMarske-by-the-Sea (England)ScotlandSwitzerlandYorkshire (England)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Gurney, Emma, ca. 1800-1860Hutton Hall (Guisborough, England)Pease familyPease, Edward Lloyd, 1861-1934Pease, Edward, 1767-1858Pease, Elizabeth Lucy, 1833-1881Pease, Emma Gurney, ca. 1830-1895Pease, Francis Richard, 1844-1865Pease, Helen Blanche, 1865-1951Pease, Henry, 1807-1881Pease, Jane Gurney, 1827-1894Pease, John Henry, 1836-1854Pease, Mary Cecelia, 1892-1975Pease, Mary W.Pease, Rachel, 1831-1912Pease, Sarah Charlotte, 1858-1929Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830-1905
- Finding Aid Title:
- Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/23.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3273
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3273?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1