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Call Number:
MSS 8
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Lushington, Sarah Grace, 1794–1837
Title(s):
Album of drawings of Great Britain and the Continent
Date:
1811-1859
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Travel sketches
Part of Collection:
Oversize 1
Provenance:
Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Album of drawings by Anna Margaret Carr and Sarah Grace Carr . Only three drawings appear to be signed: "Hougoumont, Sept. 21, 1816" (no. 2) and "Salden House, January 26, 1832" (no. 19) are initialed by Anna Margaret, while "Hampstead Heath, Jun. 9, 1815" (no. 57) is initialed "SGC". From this evidence it is difficult to determine which drawings were executed by which sister, especially since the 1816 drawing initialed "AMC" has a very similar style to those that appear to be by SGC. The differences in style among the drawings seem to be attributable more to the age and maturity of the artist than to individual aesthetics, since the earlier drawings are generally more exact, detailed, and stiff; the later drawings are vaguer and done with a blunter pencil. Places identified in the drawings include St. Mary's Scilly, Hougoumont, Dover harbor, Delft, Pisa, Nuremberg, Bex, Baveno, Tourtemagne, Edgeworth, Holdenby House, Lowestoft, Tynemouth, Windsor Forest, Hampstead Heath, West End, Hormead Bury, and Tunbridge Wells.
Physical Description:
1 volume (81 drawings) : graphite, some with watercolor ; 32 x 47 cm
Genre:
Pictorial works, Travel sketches, Watercolors (paintings), Graphite drawings, Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Photographs, and Wash drawings
Subject Terms:
Chron
Grand tours (Education)
History
Social life and customs
Women artists
Women travelers
Subject Period:
1824-1899
Associated Places:
Europe
France
Great Britain
Italy
Northumberland (England)
Pisa (Italy)
Switzerland
Associated People/Groups:
Carr family
Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872
Carr, Harriet, 1829-1889
Carr, Thomas William, 1830-1912
Cranworth, Laura Rolfe, Lady, 1807-1868
Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868
Eshott House (Alnwick, England)
Lushington, Sarah Grace, 1794-1837
Finding Aid Title:
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3302
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3302?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1