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Sketchbook 1873 / Mary Nimmo Moran

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Bound sketchbook with 25 pages, 14 drawings and 11 blank pages.

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Title(s): 
Sketchbook 1873; Sketchbook, 1873, Mary Nimmo Moran
Creator(s): 
Mary Nimmo Moran (Artist)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1873
Materials/Techniques: 
graphite and ink on paper
Paper/Support: 
Portrait Front Cover: 0.269- 0.2886 mm Back Cover: 0.276- 0.289 mm Text block (leaves): varies, see each page Artist notebook bound along the top edge with a strip of brown sized calico. The front and back covers are composed of double layered papers- a green/grey machine-made paper faces outwards with a light cream end papers. The front cover has a highly embossed decorative design depicted with foliage, instruments, artist palettes and books. The text block is composed of two sections. The main section contains alternating pages of cream, wove paper and natural tracing paper (see diagram). The second section at the back of the book contains dark brown-blotter like paper alternating with tracing paper.
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Object Type: 
Accession No: 
18.21.1-.25
Previous Number(s): 
1826.21; 22378
Department: 
Not On View

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