Author(s):
anonymous, designer
production date: around 1829
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts
name(s): drawing book
materials and techniques: vellum paper, pen (technical), ink, graphite pencil, watercolor, gouache
dimensions - artwork:
height: 30. 5cm
width: 23cm
description:
beige a4 notebook, containing various drawings glued on vellum sheets
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - handwritten note on the cover: "wash from the originals/ caricatures and compositions/1829"
iconographic description:
drawing notebook composed of 16 sheets. 2 chalets in the mountain; lake & mountain landscape; waterfront mill; castle on a lake surrounded by mountains; death with his scythe, a character with egyptian hairstyle, snow-covered men, fishermen in caps; 5 drawings: chapel in the countryside, character seen from behind, man's head in profile, man's head from the front, castle; 5 drawings: dog's head, man's profile, hand holding a book/head of a woman/cows in the countryside/portrait of a woman/duck, pencil; studies of cattle and sheep, signed r. Marjolin; dead doe in the forest; 8 drawings: men from behind/erupting volcano/landscape (upside down)/pond/bivouac/mountain lake, watercolor/right leg/naked from behind, feather; animal characters (in the style of grandville): the dance lesson/the move/the mouse's wake/the swimming lesson, watercolor; characters near a cab/unidentified scene/character on a horse saddle; gallant scene/restaurant scene; couple, feather; fishermen at the bottom of a cliff/fisherman quenching his thirst. Mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: siohan, corrie and robert
date of acquisition: 25–11–1991
institution: museum of romantic life
inventory number: csr ag 296. Date: circa 1829.
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