A sketchbook of original designs for pottery, circa 1822, approximately 170 pages, with drawings on rectos and versos, mostly pen & ink or pencil, but including approximately 50 watercolours (and a few with monochrome watercolour), depicting figure groups, birds and animals, flowers, with 26 pages contemporary manuscript at rear, mostly pertaining to paint colours, chemicals, and painting and printing techniques, and some notes relating to astronomy (mentioning Gemma Frisius, Uleg Beg, Dr. Bradley, Dr. Halley, and others), paper watermarked W. Weatherley 1822, some dust-soiling and marks, one leaf detached, original sheep with worn pencil slot, spine deficient and covers detached, lacking clasp, 8 x 13cm (3.25 x 5ins), together with another sketchbook of drawings, 1774-75, 60 pages, with pen & ink (and traces of pencil) still life designs on rectos and versos, mostly rectangular but including some circular or oval, each annotated to lower margin, with details of composition (e.g. 'Black Grapes, Peach & Linnets nest'), many mentioning Mr. Ackermann, but also Mr. Bassett, Mr. Stamford, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nibbs, etc., toned and some marks, some chipping to lower edge (just clipping annotations in one or two places), engraved label to front pastedown 'Ackermann 191 Regent Street', original half roan, with pencil slot, rubbed, 9.5 x 13cm (3.75 x 5.25ins) (2)
A sketchbook of original designs for pottery, circa 1822, approximately 170 pages, with drawings on rectos and versos, mostly pen & ink or pencil, but including approximately 50 watercolours (and a few with monochrome watercolour), depicting figure groups, birds and animals, flowers, with 26 pages contemporary manuscript at rear, mostly pertaining to paint colours, chemicals, and painting and printing techniques, and some notes relating to astronomy (mentioning Gemma Frisius, Uleg Beg, Dr. Bradley, Dr. Halley, and others), paper watermarked W. Weatherley 1822, some dust-soiling and marks, one leaf detached, original sheep with worn pencil slot, spine deficient and covers detached, lacking clasp, 8 x 13cm (3.25 x 5ins), together with another sketchbook of drawings, 1774-75, 60 pages, with pen & ink (and traces of pencil) still life designs on rectos and versos, mostly rectangular but including some circular or oval, each annotated to lower margin, with details of composition (e.g. 'Black Grapes, Peach & Linnets nest'), many mentioning Mr. Ackermann, but also Mr. Bassett, Mr. Stamford, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nibbs, etc., toned and some marks, some chipping to lower edge (just clipping annotations in one or two places), engraved label to front pastedown 'Ackermann 191 Regent Street', original half roan, with pencil slot, rubbed, 9.5 x 13cm (3.75 x 5.25ins) (2)
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