DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Sketchbook: Sketches of Architectural Ornament

c. 1895 - c. 1916

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Sketchbook with light-brown-cloth-covered cardboard covers; pencil sleeve; remains of cloth ties. Pages of off-white wove paper. Sewn page block. Sketchbook is incomplete, with twenty-three pages remaining. Thirty-eight drawings. The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corner. Several pages are missing and the page numbering apparently occurred after their removal. Missing are one page after page 7, one after page 14, and one after page 17. Contents: A number of architectural sketches, including vaulting, molding profiles, column bases, and framing devices; sketches for an unidentified composition with flying angels; studies of Mabel Hatch Batten (c. 1895, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum) and Lady Margaret Spicer (c. 1900, private collection); turkeys, a peacock, leaves and branches; a sketch for a crucifix.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Sketchbook with light brown cloth covered cardboard covers

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.1 x 38 x 1 cm (10 1/4 x 14 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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