[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures].
Published / Created:
[Great Britain?], [ca. 1829?]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves ; 24 x 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC660 P87 1829+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes:
Edward Purcell, Irish miniaturist and draftsman (active 1812-1831) was the author of Sketches in Lithography, containing Forty original Subjects, published in 1822.Bound in quarter roan and marbled boards. Label mounted on verso of upper board: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 96, Strand, London.Sketchbook, with 10 pen and ink and watercolor studies of heads, rural and classical figures, and concluding with a finished watercolor. Inscribed: E. Purcell. Printed on paper bearing watermark of 1829.
Subject Terms:
Drawing books -- Specimens. | Drawing -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Figure drawing -- Technique. | Figure painting -- Technique. | R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts