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Sketchbook
(mid 1760s-late 1770s)
Medium
sketchbook: pen and brown ink with brown wash and pencil, 69 folios, leather and cardboard covers, blind tooling, stitched contemporary binding
Measurements
20.6 × 15.7 × 20.6 cm (closed) 20.6 × 33.0 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in pencil inside front cover u.l.-c.r.: Romney (George) / Original Sketch Book / containing 170 studies / for Pictures, Portraits of Ladies / & Gentlemen & other artistic memoranda (underlined) / A most important & interesting volume
inscribed in pencil inside back cover: (...illeg.)
Accession Number
669-5
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
line drawings (drawings) nudes (representations) sketchbooks sketches