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

Coulton was a skilled artist and many of his illustrations are of a high quality.

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.

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).

Contains pencil and pen sketches, as follows: 'Neuenheim Army House (Alan Armitage) in foreground school behind' (view of buildings in landscape), 'Across the Towy Valley, from the sheepfold on the top of Can Wen Oct 2 86' (landscape), 'Frie Wing[?] & Carn Goth from Lluynwormwood Oct 1886' (landscape), 'Near Cilgroyn Road Nov 17 86' (buildings in landscape), 'Portion of fresco discovered in Felsted Church early in 1876', 'Neckarsteinach Aug 4 88' (street and buildings), 'Nr Rappoltsweiler' (ruin atop hill), 'Rappoltsweiler Ap 6 1887' (street and buildings), 'Castle nr Rappoltsweiler' (ruin on hill), 'Schloss nr Rappoltsweiler' (tower on hill), ruins atop hills, 'Hirschsprung Ap 11 87' (path through mountains), 'Neustadt Ap 12 87' (buildings), 'Neustadt Ap 12 87' (street and buildings), windmill, wall and buildings, 'July 16 88' (boats on water), 'Above Canb. Ridge' (ruins on cliff top), ruins of mill in landscape, 'Gt Yarmouth Aug 87' (street and buildings), 'May 7 87' (landscape), 'Carreg Cennen from near Lychwr Cave' (view of castle), 'Over the Collin Valley Frwd Vale Sunset July 1887' (landscape), 'Carreg Cennen July 87' (castle in landscape), 'Edridge August 87' (2 heads, top of tower, leaves), 'Messrs Worship & Rising Aug 27 87' (branch with leaves), 'Acle Aug 30' (windmills in landscape), North Lynn Sept 15 87' (leaves), 'Eberbach Dec 22 87' (tower with clock), 'H.M.S. Bittern cabin window last day of August 87' (rope and rushes), 'Reedham Ch Aug 31' (detail of carving and branch with leaves), 'Weinheim June 8 88' (buildings), 'Chapel St Sept 1 87' (leaves), 'North Lynn Sept 14 & 15 87' (leaves), 'Strahlenburg Nov 1 87' (ruins), 'Dilsberg Nov 19 87' (townscape), 'Dilsberg from Neckarsteinach Nov 19 87' (landscape), 'Speyer Nov 10 87' (gate and buildings), '? Aug 16 88' (view of mountains), 'Speyer Dec 10 87' (street and buildings), 'Weinheim June 8 88' (street and buildings), 'Hirschhorn ... Dec 10 87' (view of walled town), 'Philosophenhohe June 5 88 9pm' (view of town, river and bridge), 'Eberbach Dec 22 87' (tower with clock), 'Eberbach Dec 22 87' (street and buildings), 'Eberbach Dec 22 87' (street and buildings), 'Hauptstrasse Jan 27 88' (street and buildings), 'Mainz Feb 20 88' (view through archway), 2 townscapes, 'Edridge' (man's head in profile).

Contains rough pencil and pen sketches, as follows: 'June 14 87' (landscape), top of tower, 2 heads, tops of towers and houses, head of bearded man, church, 'grey clouds ... Almost horizontal white ones', landscape, man's head, full-length man, hand, bearded man, finished sketch of bearded man (possibly John James Coulton, GGC's father), full-length figure of bearded man (possibly J.J. Coulton), sailing boats, view of river, man viewed from behind, landscape with notes of colours, cat, landscape, man's head in profile, buildings and street, front of building, 'Whitefrairs Lynn' (gateway), 'St Margaret's priory Lynn' (details of windows and arches).

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.

Contains pencil, pen, and watercolour sketches, as follows: 'C.F.M. Studiosus Theologiae Aug 28 89 Col des Ecandies' (man lying down in mountains), 'Col des Ecandies from the Catogne Aug 19 89' (view of mountains), 'Lac de Champex looking South Grand Combin' (lake and mountains), 'Aug 18' (mountains and sky), 'Orsieres' (interior of church), 'Orsieres Aug 20 89' (view of street and buildings), 'Dent de Morcles & other hills by the Lakes Augt 21 89' (view of hills), 'Cabane d'Orny Aug 22 89' (people in room), 'Orsieres Aug 19 89' (view of buildings and hills), 'Bernese Oberland from near Kabane d'Orny Aug 21 89' (view of mountains), 'Lake & Rhone Valley from Col du Breaz Aug 21 89' (view), 'Hotel Gretten Champex' (buildings), 'Col des Ecandies' (view), 'Champex' (view of lake and mountains), 'Aosta Sept 4' (cloister and buildings), 'Aosta Sept 4 89' (book resting on lectern), 'Aosta Sept 4 89' (cloisters), 'St Rhemy Sept 5 89' (tower), 'Champex looking south Sept 6 89' (view of lake, trees, mountains), 'Chillon Aug 12 89' (column and window), 'Chillon Aug 12 89' (view of castle), 'Chillon Aug 12 89' (view of castle), 'Aug 12 89' (view of lake), view of stairway, 'Lausanne Sept 13 89' (street and buildings), 10 unlabelled views and landscapes.

The poems 'Spring' by W. Blake and 'It is a beauteous evening, calm and free' by W. Wordsworth are written out inside the covers.

Contains pencil, pen, and watercolour sketches, as follows: 'S. Michele Pisa Jan 1 91' (carving of lion), townscape, 'Osservazione nr Siena Jan 7 92' (view of buildings in landscape), view of buildings, view of town, view of buildings, 'Castle Assisi Jan 13' (view), '? of S. Bernardino' (interior view of building with seated man), landscape, 'Egeria' (woman's head, child in window), archway and man, 'From Barcola Jan 20 91' (coastal view), boat, man's head in profile, bridge and boats, coat, man's head in profile.

Contains mostly rough pencil and pen sketches, as follows: view of town; landscape; staircase inside house; landscape; landscape; plants; rear view of man with hat and stick; landscape; church window; street with buildings and people; various sketches of carriages, buses, and people; 'Lancaster Nov 20 92' (street and buildings); street with buildings and people; landscape; various sketches of people; landscape; cityscape with river and boats; landscape; river and cityscape; river and cityscape; various sketches of people; various sketches of animals; boat on beach; 'Ash Willow' (two trees); horse-drawn carriage and bales of hay; seated man; woman with umbrella; view of river and buildings; man and boat; field; porch, door, and lantern; tree.

'The Higher Pantheism' and 'Wages' by A. Tennyson are written out inside the back cover, and dated 'Brill June 12 92'.