Sketchbook from Salisbury
Reference code
SCH/02
Title
Sketchbook from Salisbury
Date
August 1789
Level of description
item
Extent and format
ff. iii + 50.
Oblong octavo.
Leather binding, brown. In ink, fol. ii, '1534'.
Oblong octavo.
Leather binding, brown. In ink, fol. ii, '1534'.
Scope and content
Notes and sketches, mostly pencil, made by Jacob Schnebbelie (1760-92) during a visit to Salisbury on behalf of Richard Gough. The first sketch is dated 'Salisbury Aug 12 1789', fol. 1.
Included, as well as details and a prospect of Salisbury Cathedral, 28 Aug. 1789, fol. 6, are drawings of St Martin's, Salisbury, a double-spread prospect, fols. 17v-18, one w/col landscape, fol. 15, a roof boss, fol. 23, and river views, fols. 29-32. Miscellaneous notes at the end include a descriptive list of portraits, painted 1726-35, location not given, fol. 49v.
Included, as well as details and a prospect of Salisbury Cathedral, 28 Aug. 1789, fol. 6, are drawings of St Martin's, Salisbury, a double-spread prospect, fols. 17v-18, one w/col landscape, fol. 15, a roof boss, fol. 23, and river views, fols. 29-32. Miscellaneous notes at the end include a descriptive list of portraits, painted 1726-35, location not given, fol. 49v.
Creator
Schnebbelie, Jacob (1760-1792), topographical draughtsman
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/796