- Title:
- Small Sketchbook
- Date:
- 1784
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm), Sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (11.4 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink on cover: "September | 84"; inscribed inside front cover in graphite: "Miss Romney's Sale 1893"; and "Toulman | Strand | London | 3117 | Mr. R. Water [...] "; inside back cover in graphite: "From Miss Romney's Sale 1894 | George Romney's Sketch Book | Sketches of Heads, figures | [...] | with MSS list of subjects | from pictures | Chiefly [...] key"; in brown ink: "Hero and Leander | The Lady and the Leaf | Dryden's Fables | 16 Chapter of the Book | of Numbers"
Oval collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4541); circular collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4542); gummed label: "9"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.289
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6333
- Export:
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Yvonne Romney Dixon, Romney Sketchbooks in Public Collections, Transactions of the Romney Society, vol. 8, 2003, p. 57, no. 52, NJ18 R65 T7 2003 (YCBA) [YCBA]