About the Artwork
Sketchbook, Architectural Drawings
1857 or 1858
Gordon W. Lloyd
1832-1904
American
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Graphite pencil on paper
Overall (sketchbook): 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 1/2 inches (14 × 21.6 × 1.3 cm) Overall (each sheet): 5 × 7 3/4 inches (12.7 × 19.7 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Ernest Lloyd
47.108
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
[many of the sketches are initialed by the artist]
[most of the individual pages have descriptions of site locations and dates] Typed, on sheet, placed in front of notebook: American (Detroit) | Gordon W. Lloyd (1832 - 1904) | Sketchbook, 38 leaves (34 with drawings). Pencil drawings of landscapes, architecture and architectural drawings made on trip through Belgium, Germany (Rhine), Switzerland and France during 1857 and 1858. Pencil on paper, leaves 7 3/4 x 5. Typed, on index card in sketchbook: Sketches by Gordon W. LLoyd done during several tours of France and Germany. Mr. Lloyd was sent to Europe as part of his architectural training and made numerous skeches of monuments in England, France, Germany and Italy.
Provenance
1947-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Gordon W. Lloyd, Sketchbook, Architectural Drawings, 1857 or 1858, graphite pencil on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ernest Lloyd, 47.108.
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