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Call Number:
MSS 6
Title(s):
Sketchbook: Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and France
Date:
1857-1880
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Sketchbooks and drawings
Part of Collection:
2, 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:
Contains travel sketches made between 1857 and 1880, by an unidentified member of the Pease family. All of the drawings are in graphite. The style and subject matter resemble those of Jane and Emma Pease, but the skillful handling suggests that the artist was probably Lady Mary W. Pease. The sketches depict scenes from Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and France. Labeled scenes include: Hallstadt, Cadenabbia, Bouverie (Lake Geneva), Splügen, Isola Bella (Stresa), St. Moritz, La Bollène, and Lake Como.
Physical Description:
1 v. (22 leaves of drawings) ; 19 x 27 cm. Bound in quarter dark roan and green cloth, with brass clasp.
Genre:
Sketchbooks, Travel sketches, Pictorial works, Specimens. , Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Exercise books (Penmanship), Exercise books, Graphite drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, 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/3285
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3285?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1