Title:
Claudia Hill collection pertaining to Harriet Blake's sketchbook of the grand tour of Europe
Creator/Contributor:
Blake, Harriet., creator
Creator/Contributor:
Hill, Claudia.
Abstract:
Sketchbook contains ca. 75 pages of pencil sketches and watercolors done by Blake at various locations along her grand tour
of Europe in 1890. Sketches depict scenery in Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. Watercolor
paintings by Blake depict unidentified landscapes and buildings. Also includes correspondence, a notebook, 3 photographic
prints, and other research papers collected by Claudia Hill pertaining to her 1995 published article on Blake's sketchbook:
"Sites abroad: picture postcards and a late nineteenth century woman's sketchbook of the Grand Tour". (Photocopy of this article
included among research papers.).
Date:
ca. 1890-ca. 1995, bulk ca. 1890 (issued)
Subject:
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Tourism -- Europe -- History
Tourism
Ireland -- Pictorial works
Scotland -- Pictorial works
England -- Pictorial works
Germany -- Pictorial works
Switzerland -- Pictorial works
France -- Pictorial works
Italy -- Pictorial works
Irlande -- Ouvrages illustrés
Écosse -- Ouvrages illustrés
Angleterre -- Ouvrages illustrés
England
Europe
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Switzerland
Blake, Harriet -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
Note:
Sketchbook and paintings signed by Harriet Blake. Research papers collected by Claudia Hill.
Title devised by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
Harriet Blake, of Andover, Massachusetts, was an aunt of San Francisco poet Anna Blake Mezquida.
Type:
graphic
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
History.
Pictorial works.
Sketchbooks.
Watercolors.
Landscapes (Representations)
Physical Description:
drawing
painting
photoprint
1 box (1 sketchbook, 5 paintings, 3 photographic prints, 1 notebook, and reasearch papers), 1 oversize folder (5 paintings
on 4 sheets) and 6 negatives : color and b&w ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/reference-online
Origin:
Various places
Copyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.