Lot 134
Maule (John) and others. Four sketchbooks comprising over 125 original drawings of British towns, churches and abbeys, and landscapes, 1790s (4)
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Maule (John, 1748-1825) and others. Four sketchbooks comprising over 125 original drawings of British towns, churches and abbeys, and landscapes, two of the albums signed, 'J. Maule 1792' and 'John Maule', to front pastedown, monochrome watercolours, pen and ink, black chalks, pencil, on album leaves, various sizes between 140 x 190 mm (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in) and 170 x 240 mm (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in), most drawings with manuscript description overleaf, occasional spotting and browning, minor surface dirt, marbled boards, very worn, some spines splitting, oblong 8vo and 4to, 1790s to 1830s (4)
⁂ Locations include Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Dover, Netley Abbey, Carisbrooke Castle, Tavistock Abbey, with some studies.
Description
Maule (John, 1748-1825) and others. Four sketchbooks comprising over 125 original drawings of British towns, churches and abbeys, and landscapes, two of the albums signed, 'J. Maule 1792' and 'John Maule', to front pastedown, monochrome watercolours, pen and ink, black chalks, pencil, on album leaves, various sizes between 140 x 190 mm (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in) and 170 x 240 mm (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in), most drawings with manuscript description overleaf, occasional spotting and browning, minor surface dirt, marbled boards, very worn, some spines splitting, oblong 8vo and 4to, 1790s to 1830s (4)
⁂ Locations include Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Dover, Netley Abbey, Carisbrooke Castle, Tavistock Abbey, with some studies.