Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862-1946
Title:
Yorkshire sketchbook.
Published / Created:
approximately 1880.
Physical Description:
1 volume (11 drawings) ; 25 x 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670.Y6 C76 1880+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
The front pastedown is inscribed: "Mary Evelyn Maude Crompton Stansfield, from her gt. aunt Henrietta, Esholt Hall, Sept. 1879."

In: Improved sketching book [blank volume], published by Webb & Millington. The volume is in green paper wrappers, the front cover of which bears an engraved illustration of Leeds Town Hall.

Drawings are in varied media, including graphite and watercolor. Identified subjects in the sketchbook include Speeton Cliffs and Kirkstall, the latter dated February 13th, 1880.
Subject Terms:
Yorkshire (England) | Kirkstall (England)
Form/Genre:
Landscape drawings. | Travel sketches. | Graphite drawings. | Ink drawings. | Wash drawings. | Sketchbooks.