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Order NumberCCA-DCc/AddMs/1
TitleWatercolour sketch book
PreviousNumbersZ.14.19
Datec1840
DescriptionPainter: Austin, George, senior

A volume containing a series of watercolour sketches probably by George Austin senior of wall-paintings in Canterbury cathedral and the Precincts destroyed in 19th-century restorations, and of stained glass in the cathedral, funerary urns in the Precincts and St Sepulchre's, bosses in the cloisters, stone coffins in the monastic cemetery etc [with paintings by George Austin, junior] presented by Mary Beatrice Austin (posthumously) and by her sister Ethel Austin in 1928
Extent1 vol, 133ff
Physical DescriptionLarge paper book made up of sheets watermarked Ruse and Turner 1825 with tissue interleaves, 133ff
AccessStatusOpen
CopiesDigitised (2019)
Related MaterialDiscussed in Canon Scott Robertson, 'Relics of Decorative Painting now of formerly in Canterbury Cathedral', Arch Cant xxii, pp34-44

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