Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818-1894, Sketchbook, 1831-1832
- Title(s):
- Sketchbook.
- Published/Created:
- England, 1831-1832.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (14 drawings) ; 21 x 28 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC590 .B85 1831+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11374218
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Notes:
- The artist is probably Christopher Stone Bulstrode (1818-1894), who would later become a cabinet-maker and upholsterer at Cambridge.
The volume includes Bulstrode's autograph on the inner front cover, dated July 28th, 1831.
In contemporary marbled wrappers; rebacked.
Drawings are executed in graphite or pen and black ink, with one watercolor drawing. One drawing is a self-portrait, depicting a young man with paints and a portable easel on his back, along with a signboard reading "Lithographic Sketches by C. Bulstrode, 1832." Also present are classical figure studies, copies from the antique, physiognomic observations, and landscape scenes. One rural scene is identified as "Croxley Hall Farm" (Hertfordshire). - Subject Terms:
- Drawing -- Study and teaching.Figures (representations)Hertfordshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
- Form/Genre:
- Graphite drawings.
Sketchbooks.
Children's art. - Export:
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