Buildings and antiquities, mainly mediaeval. Sketchbook (album) by W. Burges, 18--.

[between 1800 and 1899]

1 sketchbook (53 fols.) : drawings, watercolours, engraving and photographs, inscribed in pencil ; sheets approximately 31.8 x 25.8 cm

Drawings by W. Burges A.R.A. Front pastedown: "C.A. Mead. Sotheby's 12-14.xi.1928 part lot 7 no cost"

Fol. 1r: photograph of metalwork (loose)

Fol. 1v: hand written description from auction for "Lot 597" (loose)

Fol. 2r: photograph of carved fragment (bowl?). Fol. 2v: Stamp for William E. Gray "Fine Art Photographer"

Fol. 3r: "Drawings by William Burges A.R.A.". Fol. 3v: blank

Fol. 4r: photograph of metal key (?). Fol. 4v: blank

Fol. 6r: photograph of metal architectural detail. Fol. 6v: blank

Fol. 8r: photograph of building including fragment on fol. 6r. Fol. 8v: blank

Fol. 10r: engraving of a view in Florence with descriptive inscription. Fol. 10v: blank

Fol. 11r: photograph of Quentin Matsys Well, Antwerp. Fol. 11v: blank

Fol. 12r: two drawings with watercolour; top: "Detail of Quentin Matsys well"; bottom: "Quentin Matsys well Antwerp". Fol. 12v: blank

Fol. 13r: two drawings with watercolour; top: "Details of well Hotel de Cluny"; bottom: "Well Hotel de Cluny". Fol. 13v: blank

Fol. 14r: top: drawing of "wooden box kept in sacristy of Ely Cathedral"; bottom: watercolour of a "Chest Church Brampton Northampton". Fol. 14v: blank

Fol. 15r: row of three sketches of a key, ?, and key above a photograph of a chest. Fol. 15v: blank

Fol. 16r: two sketches of handles from a church; a sketch of a door handle from a home in Dijon; a drawing with watercolour of a key. Fol. 16v: blank

Fol. 17r: watercolour of a "spoon from museum at Rouen" initialled WB in the bottom right corner, pencil sketches of details with notes on the right side of the page. Fol. 17v: blank

Fol. 18r: two drawings with watercolour of vessels in the Louvre possibly from the "Tresor of St. Denis". Fol. 18v: blank

Fol. 19r: drawing with watercolour of the so-called cradle of Emperor Charles in Brussels; accompanied by sketched details and notes. Fol. 19v: blank

Fol. 20r: sketch of the decorative carvings on a sideboard from the Hotel de Cluny; accompanied by measurements. Fol. 20v: blank

Fol. 21r: drawing with watercolours of a "sideboard from Hotel de Clugny" (Cluny). Fol. 21v: blank

Fol. 22r: labelled drawings with watercolour of carved details in the Hotel de Cluny. Fol. 22v: blank

Fol. 23r: drawing of façade in Tours. Fol. 23v: blank

Fol. 24r: drawing of the "Hotel Cujas – Bourges". Fol. 24v: blank

Fol. 25r: watercolour of a saltcellar in the Louvre with a detail of a decorative band. Fol. 25v: blank

Fol. 26r: four drawings of coats of arms with one labelled "Arms of John Henry Alertens Esq…". Fol. 26v: blank

Fol. 27r: drawing of the side of the top of Mary of Burgundy's tomb. Fol. 27v: blank

Fol. 28r: drawing with watercolour coats of arms from the "side of tomb of Mary of Burgundy". Fol. 28v: blank

Fol. 29r: drawing with watercolour of labelled "details from tomb of Mary of Burgundy". Fol. 29v: blank

Fol. 30r: drawing of "chair of Ven. Bede – Jarrow. 30 July 1846". Fol. 30v: blank

Fol. 31r: three sketches with the first labelled as a cabinet handle. Fol. 31v: blank

Fol. 32r: study of a "silver spoon in the possession of Rev Gibson ....". Fol. 32v: blank

Fols. 33r-44v: blank

Fol. 45r: inserted photograph of a "curious brown box"

Fols. 45v -53v: blank

Wellcome Collection 673461i