Beschreibung:

Lot 463/0210 “The South of Ireland, 1809” Artist Sketchbook: Sketches in the South of Ireland, 1809, A large folio sketchbook of approx. 85 original pen and ink sketches, & wash drawings by a competent hand, mostly full page size approx. 23cms x 33.5cms (9″ x 13 1/4″), and each tipped into a contemporary Album. The drawings consists of views of Co. Wicklow, Bray, Arklow and Glendalough, Wexford Town, Ferns & Enniscorthy, Co. Tipperary, Carrick-on-Suire & Ardfinnan, Lismore in Waterford, views of Cork Harbour, County Kerry, mostly in the Killarney area, others in Co. Limerick at Adare, & County Tipperary at Roscrea, together with some studies from nature, the majority which are identified in manuscript on the original There is no help as to the identity of the artist, and while the majority are sketches, it is very clear they are by a competent hand. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)