Furniture & Works of Art - 7th October 2014
Lot 488
An early Victorian part leather sketch book of Grand Tour architectural drawings
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £190
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Description
An early Victorian part leather sketch book of Grand Tour architectural drawings, titled 'SKETCHES', with marbled paper end papers, and with an inscription 'Sketch book made on a Grand Tour through France, Italy and Greece in 1841-2.', the majority of the drawings titled and dated, with some watercolours, subjects include: the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Rouen Cathedral, Palazzo Riccardi, Florence and San Giovanni Laterano, Rome.
Provenance: The part contents of a Wiltshire Rectory.