Sketchbook
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 1990.049.19
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
- Date:
- 1880-1882
- Description:
- Sketchbook, hardbound, with 43 landscape pencil and charcoal drawings of scenes in NH, VT, MA, NY, and other unidentified scenes, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), 1880-1882. Some signed and dated. Some unidentified. Sketches are mostly 5" x 7" or 5" x 8" and are glued on the pages. Blue leather-bound book with embossed floral vines at corners. Paper label with ink inscription in center: "Pencil Sketches / by / Edward Hill / 1880". Gold embossed imprint, lower center: "COMPLIMENTS OF / THE GENERAL TICKET AND PASSENGER AGENT / CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND PACIFIC / RAILWAY". Sketches cataloged individually.
- Material:
- Paper
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-11 W-8 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Ralph Hill (1871-1949), son of Edward. Ralph was stepfather of donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Velma Hughes Bruhn
- People:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
- Subjects:
- Landscapes
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