[Scrapbook of drawings] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Scrapbook of drawings] [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Bull's album of drawings
- Creator
- Bull, Richard, 1725-1806
- Contributor
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Harding, G. P. 1780-1853, artist.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist. - Published / Created
- [not after 1806]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Album of ca. 22 watercolors by Maria Sybilla Merian, of insects, reptiles, and fish probably done on the European continent (Germany or Netherlands), along with a collection of other watercolors by several artists, signed and unsigned, including a portrait of Dr. Mead and Dr. Misaubin surgeon, drawn by William Hogarth and a drawing by George Perfect Harding. Also included: Palace of the Rajah of Tassisudon / copied by M. Griffiths Junr. 1798; Back of Gibraltar Hills / W. Booth delin
ALS from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull dated 1784 July 14, thanking him for the loan of some books including this collection of drawings by Maria Merian which he describes as "very fine".
Also laid in are various verses in Richard Bull's hand including a poem in memory of Catherine Bull and a narrative on Queen Caroline; a poem in French, "Address by the Queen of Holland to Buonaparte" [later published as Les Adieux by S̀̀ègur].
- Description
-
Title devised by curator.
Album contains 402 pages, alternating white and blue sheets. Nothing laid in after p. 211.
Ms. notes in Richard Bull's hand.
Binding: Red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings."
Disassembled, some items matted and stored in 5 solander boxes. Original binding shelved separately.
When the album was digitized, blank pages were not scanned; original page location, however, is recorded which explains the gaps in the paginatioin in the virtual browse view. For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
- Extent
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ca. 172 drawings in 1 album : binding 29 cm
9 20 cm items ; - Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B935 805
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Gouaches British 18th century
Portraits
Watercolors British 18th century
Watercolors German 18th century
Watercolors British 19th century
Ink drawings British 18th century
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Landscape drawings - Material
- watercolors, wash and ink drawings ;
- Subject (Name)
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
- Subjects
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Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
British > 18th century
German > 18th century
British > 19th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Bookplate
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ms. notes
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Richard Bull, Scrapbook of Drawings. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9920581
- Object ID (OID)
- 16719754
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