George Heriot Sketchbook, inscribed inside the front cover 89 Foreign Sketches/ Drawn in 1817 and beginning 1818.
The sketchbook has green leather covers, and its dimensions are: 19.0 x 11.0 cm., or 7 ¼" x 4 ½". There are 55 leaves in the sketchbook, each painted on recto & verso excepting the verso of the last leaf. Each leaf is approx. 10.9 x 18.8 cm. Single page images, unless otherwise stated, are 10.9 x 18.8 cm.; double-page images are 10.9 x 37.3 cm.
There is at least one leaf which has been cut out and which is now missing, although there is a stub between folio 39 verso and 40 recto. The condition of the sketchbook is good.
Contents of the sketchbook are described as follows[note that the images should be referred to by their component number, that is, the first image would be R9266-4115-1.1r].
Inside front cover:
inscribed u.l. in ink: 89 Foreign Sketches / Drawn in 1817 and beginning of 1818. / [in pencil]: Naples / Salerno / Florence / Pisa / Verona / Venice / Geona / Padua.
Typescript label, on sheet glued down from l.l. to l.r.: Italy. A Sketchbook by George Heriuot, inscribed "89 Foreign Sketches, / drawn in 1817 and beginning of 1818", containing Views mostly in / Italy
Inscribed, b.l., in pencil: [illegible inscription, possibly a price]; George Heriot.
Inscribed, in ink, u.r.: Puzzoli [referring to top image on folio 1 recto]; b. r.: Temple of Diana / at Baia 6 July 1817 [referring to bottom image on folio 1 recto]
.1 recto: [Two views]
top: Puzzoli;
bottom: Temple of Diana at Baia 6 July 1817.
watercolour over pencil
.1 verso-.2 recto: [Two views]
Top: Pr. Miscunum, Castle of Baia, Lake Lucrino
Watercolour over pencil
Bottom: Procida. Pithacusa at Mare Morturum. Called by the Poets the lake of Acheron.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, on 1 verso, t.l.: Pr. Miscunum; t.c.: Castle of Baia; b.r.: Procida. Pithacusa at Mare Morturum. Called by the Poetes / the lake of Acheron; on 2 recto, t.r.: Lake Lucrino.
.2 verso: Lacus Averni
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed in ink, b.c.: Lacus Averni
.3 recto: Sirius Miseri, 6 Julii
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, bottom: Sirius Miseri
.3 verso-.4 recto: Panoramic View of the Gulf of Baia, 6 July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in pencil, top centre, 3v-4r: Gulph of Baia from the E.; 3v, centre: Cumadulus; in ink, 4 r, b.r.: small ide of Nisilu where shipŝ are stationed during quarantine.; pencil and ink, 3v-4r, bottom: Panoramic View of the Gulph of Baia. 6 July 1817 / On the night of the 29 september 1538 there was a violent Earthquake which swallowed up the village of Tripergola built between Lake Averni & the sea, and from the Gulph across the Monte / Nuovo
.4 verso-.5 recto: Gulf of Baia, Panoramic view continued, 6 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 5 r, b.r.: Gulph of Baia. / Panoramic View continued 6 July 1817
.5 verso-.6 recto: Temple of Diana or Lucifer, 6 July 1817.
Pink and brown washes over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 6 r, bottom: Temple of Diana or Lucifer, 6 July
.6 verso-.7 recto: Temple of Venus Gentica 6 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 6 verso bottom: Temple of Venus Gentica 6 July
.7 verso-.8 recto: [Two views]
Top: Cape Misenum and Bay of Baulus.
Watercolour over pencil
Bottom: St. Anne 6 July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 7 v. centre: Cape Misenum; 8 r, l.c.: Bay of Baulus; bottom: St. Anne 6 July 1817
.8 verso: Picina Mirabili, Baia July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, bottom: Picini Mirabili
.9 recto: Solfatara 6 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, bottom: Solfatar 6 July 1817
.9 verso-.10 recto: Lake Aguano 10 July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 9v, bottom: Lake Aguano 10 July 1817
.10 verso-.11 recto: Lake Aguano and Grotto del Cano 10 July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 11r, bottom: Lake Aguano & Grotto del Cano / 10 July 1817
.11 verso: [Copy of an antique female bust, drawn sideways on sketchbook page]
Pen and ink, pink wash
No inscriptions
.12 recto: View near the Aqueduct of Caserto north of Naples, 12 July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 12 recto, bottom: View near the Aqueduct of Caserto / 12 July 1817
.12 verso: [Copy of a statue of Aristotle, drawn sideways on sketchbook page], 16 July 1817
Pen and ink and pink wash
Inscribed, sideways, on left-hand side of page, in pencil: Aristotle; on plinth of statue, in ink: Age@2dE§ [possibly Greek for Aristotle]; b.r. in ink: 16 July 1817
.13 recto: [Unfinished sketch of a seated female figure]
Pencil
No inscriptions
.13 verso-.14 recto: Vesuvius from the Palace of Portici 19 July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 14r, b.l.: Vesuvius from the Palace / of Portici 19 July 1817.
.14 verso-.15 recto: View from the Palace of Portici 19th Julyn 1817 [looking towards the sea]
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 14v, l.l.: View from the Palace of Portici 19th July 1817.
.15 verso-.16 recto: Panoramic View of the Bay of Salerno 22nd July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 16 r., l.r.: Panoramic View of the Bay of Salerno 22nd July.; in pencil, 16 r, l.r., above ink inscription: S. West View; in ink, 15v, l.l.: A
.16 verso-.17 recto: Panoramic View of the Bay of Salerno 22nd July 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 16v, l.l.: B; 17r, c.r.: B; 17r, b.r.: A; 17r, bottom [below A]: Panoramic View of the Bay of Salerno. 22nd July 1817
.17 verso-.18 recto: West View of the City of Salerno, 22 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 17v, bottom: west View of the city of Salerno 22 July 1817; in pencil, 18r, b.r.: West [?] view
.18 verso-.19 recto: [Two panoramic views of the] Bay of Salerno, 23rd July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 19r, bottom: Bay of Salerno 23d July 1817 [with illegible pencil inscription below]
Note: the two views are on on top of the other.
.19 verso-.20 recto: Temple of Neptune at Paestum, 23 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 19v b.c.: Temple of Neptune at Paestum 23 July; in ink, 20r, b.l.: 1817
.20 verso: Distant view of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, 23 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.c.: Distant view of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum. / 23 July 1817
.21 recto: Temple or Basilique at Paestum, 23 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, bottom: Temple or Basilique at Paestum, 23 July 1817.
.21 verso: Interior of Temple at Paestum, July 1817.
Pink and brown wash, and watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Interior of Temple July [illegible]
.22 recto: North west view of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, 23 July 1817.
Pink and brown washes over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.c.: NW View 23 July 1817
.22 verso: Part of the Bay of Salerno 24 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Part of the Bay of Salerno / 24 July 1817
Note: two views, one on top of the other, make up this page]
.23 recto: View near Salerno 24 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Victorio Gulph of Salerno / View near Salerno 24 July
.23 verso-.24 recto: Mt. Vesuvius from the road to salerno 24 July 1817.
Black, brown and pink washes over pencil
Inscribed, 23v, l.r.: Mt. Vesuvius &c from the road to / Salerno 24 July
.24 verso: View near Pompeii, 24th July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.c.: View near Pompeia 24th July 1817 [illegible pencil inscription is underneath ink inscription]
.25 recto: Comic Theatre at Pompeii, 24 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, bottom: Comic Theatre at Pompeia 24 July 1817
.25 verso: Temple at Pompeii, July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.r.: Temple at Pompeia
.26 recto: Temple at Pompeii, 24 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.r.: Temple at Pompeia 24 July
.26 verso: Temple of Isis at Pompeii, 24 July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.r.: Temple of Isis at Pompeia / 24 July 1817
.27 recto: Theatre at Pompeii, July 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Theatre at Pompeia 24 July 1817
Note: exterior view of the Amphitheatre taken at a distance.
.27 verso: Points of Posillipo 1st August 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Points of Pusilippi 1st Aug 1817
.28 recto: [2 unidentified views]
Top: [A distant view of Mt. Vesuvius]
Bottom: [View of an unidentified city and waterfront]
Watercolour over pencil
No inscriptions
.28 verso-.29 recto: View from the Franciscan Monastery at Castel del Piano, Tuscany, 13th
August 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 28v, b.r., and 29r b.l., all on one line: View from the Franciscan Monastery at Piano, 13th August 1817
.29 verso: Pompeii, August 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Pompeia August 1817
.30 recto: Ferry on the Arno above Florence 1st November 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 30r, l.r.: Ferry on the Arno above / Florence 1st Novem 1817
.30 verso-.31 recto: S.E. View of Florence 1st. Novembr. 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 30v, b.c.: N.E. Florence; 31r, b.r.: S.E. view of Florence 1 1st. Novemr. 1817.
.31 verso-.32 recto: [3 Panoramic Views of the] Montagna del Pisa 6 Novemr 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 31v, top: Isla del Elba [?] [faint]; t.r.: a; c.r.: 6; 32r, t.l.: Via Reggia; b.r.: Montagna del Pisa 6 Novemr / 1817.
.32 verso: Baths of Pisa 6 November 1817 [distant view of the mountains]
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, u.l., below 1st image: Baths of Pisa / Baths of Pisa 6 Novem
Note: there are three views on this page, all related.
.33 recto: Piazza di Dome, Pisa, 7 November 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, centre: [illegible] North View; l.r.: Piazza di Dome 7 Novem
.33 verso-.34 recto: Ruins of the Aqueduct of Caldacolli, constructed by Nero, near Pisa,
8 November 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 33v, l.l.: Ruins of the Aqueduct of / Caldacolli, constructed by Nero; 34r, l.r.: 8 Novemr 1817.
.34 verso-.35 recto: Bagni a Pisa 8 November 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 35r, b.c.: L. Bagnie a Pisa / 8 Novem. 1817
.35 verso: View of a farm, Pisa, 12 November 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 35v, l.l.: Pisa 12 Nov.
.36 recto: [View of boats moving upriver, near Pisa], November 1817
Watercolour over pencil
No inscriptions.
.36 verso-.37 recto: [Panoramic view of Pisa from the river, 18 November 1817]
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 36v, bottom: 12 Nov.; 37r, bottom: 13 Nov.
Note: 37 recto includes the Leaning Tower of Pisa seen from a distance.
.37 verso-.38 recto: [Panoramic view of Pisa from opposite side of the Arno, 14 November 1817]
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 38r, bottom: 14 Novemr
.38 verso: [Sketch of a group of people: two women, two children, a man and a dog,
possibly a copy of a statue]
Pen and ink over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Pisa
.39 recto: Pisa 13 November 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 39r, c.r. below image: Pisa 13 Novem
Note: The image which is a pastoral scene with several houses and in the background the Duomo and Leaning Tower, occupies only the top one-third of the page.
.39 verso: Podere di Gran. Duca. 29 November 1817.
Brown wash over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Podere di Gran. Duca. 29 Nov
Note: Between .39 verso and .40 recto is the stub of a page, which has been removed. There are remnants of a landscape view on the stub.
.40 recto: [Sideways on page, a larger rendering as well as an inset rendering of a statue of
Venus or Aphrodite, 29 November 1817.]
Brown and grey washes, ink
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: [t..if looked at according to sketchbook orientation]: 29 Novemr.
.40 verso: [Unidentified city view with an open portico and a Church and square, possibly
the Piazza in Florence]
Grey wash over pencil
No inscriptions
.41 recto: Genoa 25 December 1817
Blue and grey washes over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, bottom: Genoa 25 Decem
.41 verso-.42 recto: [Panoramic view of the harbour of] Genoa 26 December 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 42r, b.c.: Genoa 26 Decemr 1817.
.42 verso: [View of Genoa with mountains in the background], 26 December 1817
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.c.: Genoa 26 Decem
.43 recto: Genoa 26 December 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 43r, l.r.: Genoa 26 Decr / 1817
.43 verso: Genoa, 27 December 1817.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 43v bottom: Genoa 27 Decemr 1817
.44 recto: Verona 14 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: Verona 14 Jan. 1818
Note: View of the Amphitheatre at Verona and of colonnaded building.
.44 verso: Castello Vecchio, Verona, 14 January 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.l.: Castello Vecchio, Verona 14 Jan 1818
.45 recto: Churches of St. George, St. Michael and St. Ignatius, Verone, 15 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, l.r.: St. George of St. Mighael / St. Ignatia Verona 15 Jan 1818
.45 verso-.46 recto: [Panoramic view of Verona with Ponte Nuovo], 14 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 45v, b.r.: Ponte Nuovo; 46r, u.r.: Verona, 14 Janry 1818.
.46 verso: Amphitheatre, Verona, 15 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, t.c.: Amphitheathre Verona 15 Jan 1818
.47 recto: Santa Guistina, Padua, with Il Santo in the distance, 20 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, u.r.: St. Guistinisimo - Padua / Il Santo in the dist.ce 20 Jan.
.47 verso-.48 recto: [2 panoramic views]
Top: Lake Guarda 12 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil: 4.5 x 36.4 cm.
Bottom: Castello Bello St. Vicio, 16 january 1818
Watercolour over pencil: 6.5 x 36.4 cm.
Inscribed, in ink, 47v, bottom: Casto. Belo St Vicio 16 Jan 1818; in pencil, 47v, bottom: Castle Bello St. Vicio 16 Jan.; in ink, 48r, t.r.: Lake Guarda 13 Jan. 1818
.48 verso: [Two views]
Top: Northeast view of St. Justin's Church, Padua, 20 January 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Bottom: Il Santo or St. Anthony's Church, Padua, 20 January 1818
Watercolour ovber pencil
Inscribed, in ink, u.l.: N.E. View of St. Justin's Church 20 Jany. 1818 Padua [with faint pencil inscription beneath]; bottom: Il Santo of St. Anthony's Church 20 Jan 1818 Padua
.49 recto: [Two views]
Top: Panoramic view of Padua
Watercolour over pencil
Bottom: Porta di Venezia or Il Portello, Padua, 22 January 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, r.c.: Padua. 1 Porta di Venezia o il Portello 22 Jan.
.49 verso-.50 recto : 4 Panoramic views of Venice, 15 February 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 50 r., l.l.: Venice 15 Feb. 1818
Note: there are four separate panoramic sketches which give a broad view.
.50 verso-51 recto: 3 Panoramic views of Venice, 18 February 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 51r, b.r.: Venice 18 Feb. 1818
.51 verso: Venice 18 February 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.r.: Venice 18 Feb. / 1818.
.52 recto: 2 views of the Bay of Istria, a mile from Trieste, 24th February 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, t.l.: Bay of Istria - 24th. Feb. 1818 - a mile from Trieste [with faint pencil inscriptions beneath]
.52 verso: [Two views]
Top: View on the road between Trieste [?] and Graz, Austria, near Adelsburg, 24
February 1818.
Bottom: Bridge over the river Cilly [possibly the Sill River near Innsbruck] 28 February 1818
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, t.c.: View on the road between Trieste[?] & Gratz 24 Feb. / near Adelsburg
.53 recto: [Two views]
Top: Castle of Ehrenhausen on a branch of the Drave, Austria.
Bottom: Ehrenhausen, with a bridge over the river.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, t.r.: Castle of Ehrenhausen on a / branch of the Drave. [faint pencil inscriptions beneath]; b.r.: Ehrenhausen. Zellarch.
.53 verso: Lebring, 2 posts from Graz in Styria, 2 March 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, b.l.: Cecilo _; l.r.: Lebring - 2 posts from Gratz in Styria. / 2 March 1818.
.54 recto: South view near Lebring, 18 miles from Graz, Austria, 2 March 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, top: South View near Lebring - 18 miles from Gratz - 2d. March 1818. [faint pencil inscription beneath]
.54 verso-.55 recto: Panoramic view of Graz, Austria, from the north, 4 March 1818.
Watercolour over pencil
Inscribed, in ink, 55 r, b.l.: Gratz 4 March 1818 - North View.
Note: there are two watercolours, one above the other. There are also faint pencil inscriptions written sideways from the right margin of 55 recto, which seem to record distances.
.55 verso: Very faint pencil inscriptions recording costs and distances, too difficult to decipher.
End of sketchbook.
