Album of sketches by Mary Boott
Content Description
- Summer 1824: Scotland. Perth, Beinn a' Ghlò and Blair Atholl, Aberarder near Loch Laggan, Moul[in]inn, Dalwhinnie (7 drawings).
- One drawing of Spondon Church, Derbyshire.
- June and July 1839: Hastings and Brighton and surrounding countryside (13 sepia wash drawings), and Bath (2 wash townscapes).
- August and September 1843: Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire and surroundings, as well as Clifton near Bristol and the area of Woodford forest, northeast of London (10 drawings).
- August and September 1844: forests of Hainault and again Woodford (12 drawings).
- October 1844: Sandrock (7 drawings).
- Seven undated drawings of wild sfumato landscapes.
- August and September 1845: Derby and Derbyshire (19 drawings on beige tinted paper with white highlights).
- September and October 1846: Hastings, and further inland Battle (23 mostly large drawings on same beige tinted paper, some heightened in white, and 6 smaller drawings on pale blue paper stock).
- August and September 1847: Torquay and Torbay, in Devon (13 sepia wash drawings with many white highlights, most on tinted paper).
- September 1848: Torbay in Devon once again (10 drawings with some white highlights).
- September 1851: sketches of trees and views from Windsor and the Great Park.
- August 1853: sketches of landscapes around Barnham in West Sussex.
- September 1857: sketches of tree studies around Barnham in West Sussex
Dates
- 1824-1857
Creator
- Boott, Mary, fl 1824-1857 (née Hardcastle | artist) (Artist, Person)
Condition Description
Conditions Governing Access
Extent
1 album
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Condition Description
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Creator
- Boott, Mary, fl 1824-1857 (née Hardcastle | artist) (Artist, Person)
- Title
- Album of sketches by Mary Boott, 1824-1857
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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