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Sketchbook
(c. 1909)
Medium
sketchbook: pencil, watercolour, coloured chalks, gouache on green, brown, blue and cream paper, 36 pages, cloth, leather and cardboard cover, stitched binding
Measurements
25.0 × 35.1 cm (page) 26.0 × 35.8 × 1.3 cm (closed) 26.0 × 71.7 × 0.7 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Hugh McCubbin, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in red chalk inside front cover c.l.: F McCubbin
(various inscriptions describing subjects of drawings)
Accession Number
687B.1-5
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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