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Sketchbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Sir Robert Hadow papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2023-0144

The Devil's Steeplechase

 Collection — Box BW 54, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16787
Content Description This collection contains an anonymous sketchbook containing a highly illustrated handwritten gothic story, additional watercolor paintings, and numerous pen and ink sketches. The primary story pertains to a horse race between the devil and death that takes place on March 12, 1830. It is likely a satire on the first English National Steeplechase, which was run in Bedfordshire on March 8, 1830, and was the precursor of the Grand National race at Aintree. Nine full-page watercolors are devoted...
Dates: n.d, c.1830

UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 68_Midcentury Art Student's Sketchbook

 Unprocessed Material — Box MSS 16758_NewAdditions_01: [Barcode: X032762537], Folder: ViU-2024-0140_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0140
Dates: March - June 1952