Beschreibung:

Howard (Henrietta Elizabeth, circa 1806-1892, & others). A large family archive of sketchbooks and drawings, comprising approximately 50 sketchbooks, containing a wide variety of pencil sketches, pen & ink drawings, and watercolours, including: topographical scenes, including Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Yorkshire, Somerset, Wales, Scotland, etc., e.g. views of Castle Howard (one entitled 'From my window'), Siddington Manor, Newstead Abbey, Naworth Castle; many scenes of foreign travel, including France, Germany, Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice), Canada, and many other places; portrait sketches and figure studies; a few cartoons; landscapes and seascapes, and a number of sketches of mountains, including Mont Blanc; costume studies; architectural details and stained glass windows; animal studies, one album incorporating mounted pressed botanical specimens, mainly ferns, mosses, and seaweeds, some books with blank leaves, and many with manuscript notes, most albums with ownership names and some with inscriptions, many titles and dates to drawings, various bindings and sizes, some loose leaves, but generally in good condition, plus a number of loose watercolours and drawings (including some miniature drawings) and photographs (Qty: approximately 50) Henrietta Wright was the daughter of Ichabod Wright and of his wife Harriet (née Day). In 1824 she married The Very Rev. The Hon. Henry Edward John Howard DD (1795-1868), Dean of Lichfield and son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. Also included in the lot are works by their son, Captain John Henry Howard RN (1827-1925) and grandson Commander Robert John Howard RN (1878-1965), as well as other family members, such as Elizabeth Howard Edith Howard and Emily G. Howard.