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Papers of George Gordon Coulton
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Papers of George Gordon Coulton

  • Coulton
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  • 1880–1948 (Circa)

Sketchbooks, drawings, etchings, watercolours, a few photographs, letters, and miscellaneous items.

Coulton, George Gordon (1858-1947) historian and controversialist

Sketchbooks

Containing pencil, pen, and watercolour sketches produced on travels in England, Wales, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The sketches are mainly of landscapes, city and townscapes, churches, medieval buildings, architectural details, and people.

Arranged chronologically.

Sketchbook '1883-4'

Contains pencil and pen sketches, as follows: 'Caerphilly 1883' (stone archway), 'Newport mon.' (monument), 'Archl. Museum Westminster 1883' (carving), 'Caerphilly 1883' (ruins), 'Potter Heigham' (landscape), door knocker, 'Castle Coch 1883', 'Dinan Brittany from 'Building News' Dec 8. 1881' (street), 'Chipping Hill 1883' (view), 'Felsted 1883' (house), 'Chipping Hill Whitham 1883' (street), 'Chipping Hill 1883' (street), head with ruff, plant, 'Cardinal Trivulzio Saec. XVI Medal S.K. Mus. 84' (bust), 'Unknown Roman BM bust 84' (bust), 'South Quay Yarmouth 84' (house), 'Yarmouth' (view), 'Martham' (2 views), 'Nr Horsey' (view), 'A Yarmouth row 84' (narrow street), 'St Benet's Abbey Sept 12 84' (ruins), 'Gt Massingham Sept 15 84' (porch and graveyard), 'Near Burnham Thorpe Sept 1884' (church), 'Sept 1884' (view of river with bridge).

Sketchbook 'Sept 1886 Wales & Rhine'

Contains pencil, pen, and watercolour sketches, as follows: 'Wrought iron railings Myddfai Ch Porch 87', view of landscape at night, 'Marksburg & Braubach' (landscape with buildings), buildings atop a hill, 'Aachen Sept 8 86' (church window and man's head), buildings, 'Farewell to Antwerp Sept 9 86' (view from boat), 'Countess of Derby tomb Harefield' (tomb), 'Coddington Ch & Rectory Sept 19 1886' (church, house and garden), landscape, buildings, 'From Cilgwyn Platform Nov 17 86' (landscape), 3 heads of men and women, 'Llanwida Feb 21 87' (farm), 'Cayo Feb 23 87' (landscape with buildings), 'Porthrhyd Feb 27 87' (mill in landscape), 'On the Camddwr March 1 87' (building), 'Flushing' (townscape), street with buildings, 'View from top of Schloss Ubrichstein' (landscape), 'Abendsonnen Steig Hollenthal Ap 11 87' (building with crucifix on wall), 'From Schloss' (view of town), monument with inscription in German, view of buildings, 'Mainbernheim Sept 2 10.30' (view of town), 'From ruin over Markbreit Sept 2 86 9am' (river in landscape)

Sketchbook '1888'

Contains pencil, pen, and watercolour sketches, as follows: 'Neckargemund from the raft June 21 88' (view of town), 'Hauptstrasse March 7 88 5pm' (street and buildings), view of town across river, 'Alzey July 9 88' (part of building), 'Alzey July 9 88' (archway), 'Oberndorf July 16 88' (church), 'Ebernburg July 11 88' (chained skull), 'Ebernburg from opposite Rheingrafenstein July 12 88' (view), 'July 17 88' (street and buildings), 'July 17 88' (spire and rooftops), 'July 22 88' (ruins), landscape, 'Philosophenhoehe Aug 1 88' (boat on river and branch with leaves), buildings and rowing boat, 'Heppenheim July 30 88' (part of building), spire, 'Schwalbenest Aug 4 88' (tower), buildings behind wall, 'Zwingenberg Aug 4 88' (buildings in landscape), 'Glimpse from Grandson Aug 13 88' (landscape), 'From Evian Aug 12 88' (landscape), 'Off Bouveret Aug 13 88' (landscape), 'Sunrise Martigny Aug 14 88' (landscape), 'Martigny Aug 14 88' (tower and rooftop), 'Hospenthal Aug 16 88' (buildings in landscape), various rough sketches of views, 'Coblenz Sept 11 88' (top of tower and window), 'Abp Albrecht v. Mainz' (mitred head), rough sketches, bearded faces.

Sketchbook '1895'

Contains pencil, pen, and watercolour sketches, as follows: various sketches of a girl's head, various landscapes, 'Cancale' (various sketches of people), 'Mont St Michel Ap 26 95' (view of street and buildings), rough sketches of Mont St Michel, 'Farewell to Mt St Michel' (landscape), various sketches of people, view through porthole, 'Hoek v. Holland Sept 10 95' (sketches of people), 'Rotterdam to Cologne' (boat, windmill, tower, trees), various sketches of people, 'Andernach Sept 11' (view), 'Ferdinand Schmidt Gross herzoglicher Amstrichter Budingen in Oberhessen' (sketches of men and women), 'Marksburg Sept 15' (view), landscape, various sketches of figures, 'Braubach' (men inside shed), man with cows, ducks, women washing, landscape, 'By the side of the Rhine' (rear view of woman washing, river and landscape in background), various sketches of boats, 'Braubach Sept 15' (view of street and buildings), various sketches of people, view of church, man and child on boat, sketches of boats, landscape, 'Marksburg' (castle in landscape), boats on river, woman holding child, landscape.

Sketchbook

Contains rough, unlabelled pencil and pen sketches of boats, people, landscapes, streets, and buildings.

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