Sketchbook
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.43
- Creator:
- Burgum, Emma (1826-1923) -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1839-1922
- Description:
- Drawing book by Emma Burgum (1826-1923). Pencil and ink. Yellow cover and back with black binding. Front cover printed in ink, "IMPROVED / DRAWING BOOK. / IMRAY& FITCH, LONDON.", with image of Gravesend, England; handwritten in pencil, "Emma's drawing book"; flowered border. 22 pages in total, with both sides of pages used (not all pages included in attached images). Sketches paired with ink text, in French. Sketches include classical figures, portraits, scenes with two or more people, studies of profiles, studies of the human figure, and depictions of Eastern lifestyle and animals
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.625 W-9.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).
- Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
- Subjects:
- Sketchbooks, Figure drawings, Animals
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