Sketchbook(Postwar miscellany, London and Brighton)

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 70 TGA 8224/24
  • Dates of Creation
      [c1950-1959]
  • Physical Description
      1 piece

Scope and Content

Page 1 Pencil and crayon samples, page 2 Figures on different levels of a wooden structure, page 3 Group of figures at a rifle range at a fairground, page 4 Blank except for a vertical line, page Helter-skelter at a fairground, page 7 Detail of the top of a Merry go round showing decorations on the outside, page 8 Fairground with entrance to "Manning's Up to date Jazz ride", page 9 Several fairground attractions, page 10 Vintage car with soft roof, page 11 Unfinished study of roofs or structures on a pier, page 12 Lamp post next to a tall building, page 13 Townscape viewed from a beach with steps going up to the street, page 14 Figures in an interior (possibly a pub), page 15 Unfinished study (possibly a counter), page 16 Unfinished study (possibly the top of two structures), page 17 Street scene with corner shop and traffic lights, page 18 Railway station, page 19 Portrait of a man wearing glases sitting with his chin resting in his left hand, page 20 Blank, page 21 Unfinished study of a wall propped up by large beams, page 22 Four studies of kites, page 23 Young girl with ribbons in her hair sitting down and writing in a book on her lap, page 24 Head and shoulders of a young girl with ribbons in her hair, page 25 Seated girl writing in a notebook, page 26 Young girl sitting on a low couch, writing in a notebook. A kitten is on the cushion behind her, page 27 Blank, p28 Blank, p29 Market street with stalls, inscribed "Leather Lane", p30 Ground and first floor of a building, p31 Lamp post with "No Waiting" sign, p32 Study of a low building, p33 Exterior of Odeon Cinema, p34 Low building, similar to p32, p35 Front entranct to a house with taller buildings in the background, page 36 House with a porch and a long balcony, page 37 Front of a building with the name "Hebe" above the entrance, page 38 Written notes and three studies of exteriors, page 39 Man with a barrow with fireworks, page 40 Head of a man smoking a pipe, page 41 Studies of two men, one bald and one wearing a hat, page 42 Blank, page 43 Notes "The raconteurs", page 44 Two studies of telephone, page 45 Standing man holding a stick in front of him with both hands, page 46 Study of a woman seated at a partially seen piano, page 47 back: Written lists, p48 Male and female figures, page 49 Hands playing the keyboard of a piano, page 50 Hands playing the piano, similar to page 49, page 51 Young woman seated and playing an unseen piano, page 52 Study of the face of a young woman, page 53 Head, shoulders and hands of a young woman wearing bows in her hair, page 54 Coat rack, page 55 Woman in her underwear, sleeping on her stomach on top of a bed, page 56 Typewriter, page 57 Adjustable deck chair, page 58 Notes about works in the Wallace Collection, page 59 Octagonal monument and detail, page 60 Notes for a hanging layout, page 61 Blank, p62 Blank, page 63 Notes on portraits, page 65 back: Unidentifiable sketch with arrows.

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