Richard Burn sketchbook, 1831-1832.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Burn, Richard.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caricatures and cartoons--Scotland--19th century.

Caricatures and cartoons.

Kelso (Scotland)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Kelso (Scotland).

Kelso (Scotland)--19th century--Pictorial works.

Scotland.

Genre:

Sketchbooks.

Drawings (visual works)

Caricatures.

Manuscripts, English.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Mundesley, England), cat. 11 (2012), no. 98.

Physical Description:

1 volume (43 leaves)

Place of Publication:

1831-1832.

Summary:

This oblong, leather-bound sketchbook contains ink drawings by Richard Burn of Lurdenlaw, Kelso, Scotland, and dates from 1831 to 1832. Each page--including the front and back inside covers--are filled with many comical sketches and caricatures, several hunting scenes, some animals, and local Scottish landscapes. The second leaf is signed and dated by Burn. Almost all of the sketches have captions and some with witticisms. A few landscape drawings are captioned "drawn from nature." There are several sketches of ghosts, devils, and/or demons with one page headed "Halloween." Many of the animals depicted are horses with the name of the horse written at bottom. Five ink drawings by another hand depict locals and include a fisherman; they are interspersed in the sketchbook and signed "E. F. R."

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

778495827