Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872, Drawings of Great Britain and Atlantic Isles, 1812-1863
- Call Number:
- MSS 8
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872
- Title(s):
- Drawings of Great Britain and Atlantic Isles
- Date:
- 1812-1863
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Travel sketches
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 2
- 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:
- An unbound set of drawings, most of which are mounted on heavier paper stock. A small label on the original paper covers reads "My mother's and aunt Anna's drawings." Only two of the sketches are signed: Easby Abbey is signed "SGL" (Sarah Grace Lushington); "Westhumble" is labeled "Aunt Anna". Presumably, the drawings include a mix of work by Anna Margaret Carr and Sarah Grace Carr Lushington. Included are sketches of Mount Batten, Dorking, Tunbridge Wells, Hampstead Heath, Kirkby, Fountains Abbey, Easby Abbey, and Duddingston Loch. There also a few drawings of locations outside the British Isles, including Berne, Bodenbach, Madeira, Mauritius, and St. Helena.
- Physical Description:
- 38 drawings : graphite, some with watercolor ; 27 x 39 cm, and smaller
- Genre:
- Graphite drawings, Travel sketches, Watercolors (paintings), Pictorial works, Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Photographs, and Wash drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ChronGrand tours (Education)HistorySocial life and customsWomen artistsWomen travelers
- Subject Period:
- 1824-1899
- Associated Places:
- EuropeFranceGreat BritainItalyNorthumberland (England)Pisa (Italy)Switzerland
- Associated People/Groups:
- Carr familyCarr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872Carr, Harriet, 1829-1889Carr, Thomas William, 1830-1912Cranworth, Laura Rolfe, Lady, 1807-1868Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868Eshott House (Alnwick, England)Lushington, Sarah Grace, 1794-1837
- Finding Aid Title:
- Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3303
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3303?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1