View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:8962008
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
Collection of five manuscript albums containing 129 drawings, many in watercolor, made during travels through Germany, France, and Italy. The albums cover a span from 1793 to 1842 and are probably the work of multiple hands. Consistencies in format and labeling suggest that the albums were probably executed by multiple members of a single family. All of the illustrations are made in graphite, and most have full applications of watercolor, although the first volume contains a number of drawings with gray or brown wash only. Illustrations are all full-page, on the recto of each leaf; descriptive labels are written on the verso of the facing leaf. Almost all of the illustrations are scenic views, with only occasional architectural details, and no portrayal of people. None of the illustrations are signed; few are dated. The numbering of leaves within the albums and numbering of album volumes (1, 4, 6, 9, 10) suggests that other albums were executed but are no longer present in this collection.
