Sketchbook
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 1967.512.01
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Book, Chinese watercolors. Decorative tan/brown faded cover and back; green string used to tie book closed. Bookplate glued inside front cover, with New Hampshire Historical Society seal and "Presented by / Margaret H. Jewell" in typescript. Ink inscription on first page, "Margie H. Jewell / From / Uncle Charlie". 14 pages in total, 12 with drawings. All drawings highly colored with applied decorative paper border around each one. Four drawings of people (three men and one woman), three birds, two felines, two fish, and one boat (Chinese junk).
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-4.2 D-0.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
- Subjects:
- Birds, Lions, Fish, Boats, Cats, Chinese junks, Tigers, Watercolor drawings
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