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Drawing Book

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1865

Reference:

Box number: BK-152

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2966879

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William M. Johnston and family fonds

Drawing Book
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Date(s):

1865

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing book.
Support 17.800 x 26.700 cm

Scope and content:

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The drawing book consists of a front and back cover containing seven folios., Artist file 705-1074.
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Artist: Johnston, George B., 1845-1923

Bookseller: J. Durie & Sons
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General note:

Sketchbook: George B. Johnston Album "Drawing Book"

Note on the state of conservation:

Nov. 1975 - The covers of the drawing book are soiled, marked, creased, torn and have loses including surface lose. The spine of the book has been repaired with white cotton tape. The folios are soiled and discoloured and sometimes stained. All of the folios except one are unbound.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: The cover is inscribed in print "DRAWING BOOK"; above the inscription is a scene showing three women on a terrace, one of them sketching the scene beyond. All of the above are enclosed in an ornamental frame.

Subject heading:

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Book

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1975-027 PIC
00004
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1975-027]

[Consultation 90 Open]

BK-152 Item no. assigned by LAC 4

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1975-27-4 Source: Manuscript Division, Johnston family papers donated by Mrs. Reby Johnston Dodds.

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