BOTANICAL WATERCOLORS – WOOD, Sarah and others. Album of manuscript notes, poems, drawings, and watercolors in various hands. 19th century, England.
An autograph friendship book with watercolor illustrations, put together by people in the circle of a woman named Sarah Wood, of The Green, in County Durham. As a prolific collector of floral prints and drawings, Lee may have acquired it for its lovely botanical drawings.
Octavo album (9 x 7.3 inches). 72 leaves. 8 full-page watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations, 9 in-text drawings. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards (boards and hinges worn).
BOTANICAL WATERCOLORS – WOOD, Sarah and others. Album of manuscript notes, poems, drawings, and watercolors in various hands. 19th century, England.
An autograph friendship book with watercolor illustrations, put together by people in the circle of a woman named Sarah Wood, of The Green, in County Durham. As a prolific collector of floral prints and drawings, Lee may have acquired it for its lovely botanical drawings.
Octavo album (9 x 7.3 inches). 72 leaves. 8 full-page watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations, 9 in-text drawings. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards (boards and hinges worn).
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