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Sketchbook II
By Artur Markowicz
Located in London, GB
ARTUR MARKOWICZ 1872-1934
Podgórze (Poland) 1872-1934 Cracow (Polish)
Title: Sketchbook II, 1915
Category
1910s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Color Pencil
Sketchbook I
By Artur Markowicz
Located in London, GB
ARTUR MARKOWICZ 1872-1934
Podgórze (Poland) 1872-1934 Cracow (Polish)
Title: Sketchbook I, 1915
Category
1910s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Color Pencil
Florence Sketchbook of Frank Lloyd Wright (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a limited edition facsimile of the manuscript sketchbook by Frank Lloyd Wright which served
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
Pedro Cottage 1837, Stories
Sketchbook Illustrated by Joseph Scoundrel Square
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Early Victorian marble paper, hand written and illustrated book “Pedro cottage” likely a fictional publication
“illustrated London published by knobs and co No. 16 pledge hole plac...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
Sketchbook Page with Figures and Anatomical Details in Pencil on Paper - Germany
Located in Soquel, CA
Sketchbook Page with Figures and Anatomical Details in Pencil on Paper
Drawings of a man at a desk
Category
1880s Realist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
A Charming 1920s Sketchbook Drawing of a Cat, by Florida Artist George Snow Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1920s Sketchbook Drawing of a Cat, by Florida WPA Era Artist, George Snow Hill. Colored
Category
1920s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Dutch Harbor
Located in Sheffield, MA
his paintings, lithographs, and topographical drawings in various sketchbooks, many of Amsterdam
Category
19th Century Dutch School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Dried
Foraged Seaweed Specimen Botanical Book Natural History
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very beautifully filled sketchbook published by Rooke & Co of London, of dried and preserved sea
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Natural Fiber
Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
artists sketchbook).
Irish School, early 19th century (circa 1820–1835)
Oil on panel, oval, in a gilt
Category
1830s English School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil
Large French Historical Antique Oil Painting Symbolist Work Classical Battle
By Charles Hoffbauer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
sketchbook page with apparent gratification: "Today I made 59 drawings!" This disclosure would not ordinarily
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself
By Francis Luis Mora
Located in New York, NY
drawing is not signed but it is a self-portrait and it is from one of his artist sketchbooks that was in
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
India 1841 Calcutta Watercolour First Opium Wars Empire Listed Artist Signed
Located in Norfolk, GB
holds documents that record his career together with a sketchbook of paintings made on a future voyage
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Boston Yacht Club - 1869 - Hudson River School Landscape by Winkworth Allan Gay
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Historical Society. His sketchbook is held at the Archives of American Art.
Category
1860s Hudson River School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Double-Sided 19th Century European Watercolours – Paris, Venice
Located in TEYJAT, FR
sketchbook or album documenting a European grand tour. Each work features two detailed views – four in total
Category
19th Century European Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
$715 Sale Price / set
62% Off
Antique Egyptian Costume, Culture and Primitive Time Plates, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
present detailed monochrome renderings reminiscent of archaeological sketchbooks. Subjects include
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
"Ship Griffin, Boston — Lying at San Francisco" Pencil Drawing Circa 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
believed to have been part of a sketchbook once belonging to a sea captain, annotated by a prior owner as
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
A View of Edinburgh and Self Portrait
By Patrick Nasmyth
Located in London, GB
painted himself into the scene, crouched over a sketchbook as some cows graze idly nearby.
The influence
Category
19th Century Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Lady, Mrs Wray in a Silk Dress
Pink Wrap c.1698, Oil on canvas
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
British Museum holds a large collection of Byng's sketchbooks and drawings.
The wills of Edward Byng and
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Early-19th-Century British Watercolour, Near Ingleton, Yorkshire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
, Harriet, the pair undertook numerous study tours and filled their sketchbooks with picturesque views. Via
Category
Early 1800s English School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
sketchbook page, typical of academic training at the time. Such sheets served both as exercises and as
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache
By Frederic Leighton
Located in Oxford, GB
Leighton’s Royal Academy Sketchbooks,' Sculpture Journal 25, no. 3 (2016): 421–32. Page 431, 423.
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Category
1880s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Windsor Castle - By Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Artist Alfred William Hunt
By Alfred William Hunt RWS
Located in London, GB
British Museum. Hunt spent a considerable time in Windsor in 1888, filling several sketchbooks. Two
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor
Antique 1880 Illustration of Trenton, Alabama, Campsite With Thornton Family
Located in Centennial, CO
illustration unframed. It appears it was cut out of a larger sketchbook.
In as found condition, ready to hang
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paint, Paper
Portrait of Paul-César Helleu, a drawing by Rafael de Ochoa y Madrazo (ca. 1885)
Located in PARIS, FR
the Deck brothers
In this drawing executed on two pages of a sketchbook, Ochoa depicts his friend
Category
1880s Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Study Of A Woman Holding A Bowl
By Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
mm; perhaps once part of a small sketchbook).
L. Becq de Fouquières, Isidore Alexandre Auguste Pils
Category
1850s Academic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Chalk
In the Manner of Nicholas Berchem (1620-1683) Dutch, A Journey
Located in Toronto, CA
the country, bringing home sketchbooks full of drawings of classical ruins and pastoral imagery.
His
Category
18th Century Dutch Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas
Art Nouveau Lamp by Quezal
By Quezal
Located in NANTES, FR
others the decoration is bold and distinctive.
Fortunately, a few of the line drawing sketchbooks, trade
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Brass, Copper
1909 Tonalist Oil Landscape "Showers, The Lower San Joaquin River, California"
By James Everett Stuart
Located in Soquel, CA
Peak, and filled his sketchbook for studio paintings. The following summer, Stuart returned, having
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
A most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu mantel clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
sketchbook, sculpted portrait of who seems to be David, painting frame, and a crown of laurels. Sitting atop
Category
19th Century French Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin
By John Ruskin
Located in Roma, IT
opportunity to observe and record his impressions of nature.
His early notebooks and sketchbooks are full of
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor
Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati
Located in Middletown, NY
sketchbook attributed to Raphael and acquired by the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, including facsimile
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Leather, Paper
An Original Pair Of English Watercolor/Sketches C. 1854, 1855, Ellen Dumbleton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two original English watercolor/drawings circa 1854,1855, Ellen Dumbleton, from her sketchbook
Category
1850s English High Victorian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood, Paper
$640 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Eduardo DalBono, Portrait of a Lady Painting En Plein Aire, 1880
s
By Edoardo Dalbono
Located in New York, NY
lady dressed in white in an artist’s folding chair seated with sketchbook and brush viewing the
Category
1880s Italian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paint, Paper
Claud Lovat Fraser - 1918 British Fan Shaped watercolour - Fete Galante
Located in London, GB
commissioned to the 14th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. His wartime sketchbooks (many now in the Bryn
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor
Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
sketchbooks and materials donated by his descendants to the Academy of Fine Arts, including a remarkable early
Category
1880s Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil, Board
Travellers and Dogs in Landscape, Ruins on Right - Dutch Old Master oil painting
By Pieter Wouwerman
Located in Hagley, England
his sketchbooks before his death, so that his brother wouldn't be able to use them and cash in on his
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil
$17,632 Sale Price
20% Off
Study for Haman and Merdocai
By Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy
Located in PARIS, FR
trips enabled him to fill his sketchbooks and enhance his collection of earthenware and oriental
Category
19th Century Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Lithograph Portrait of Ary Scheffer by Le Gout-Gérard, circa 1855
Located in Langweer, NL
-century Romantic art. The print shows Scheffer seated on a carved chair, holding a large sketchbook across
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
Pair of Brass
Cast Iron Fire Dogs in the Style of Ernest Gimson
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
sketchbooks.
Gimson also designed complex pierced and chased work, based on 17th-century designs he admired
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Cavalier King Charles at Rest- Otto Eerelman (Dutch, 1839-1926)
By Otto Eerelman
Located in SANTA FE, NM
enhanced his range of subject-matter with the artist filling sketchbooks with drafts of among others the
Category
Early 1900s Realist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Arts
Crafts oak table illustrated in the Liberty
Co 1907 furniture catalogue
By Liberty
Co.
Located in London, GB
& Co sketchbook dated 1895.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oak
Moonlit Reflections, Heyst-sur-Mer. Painted 1884
By Elias Erdtman
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Works from his time in Heyst-sur-Mer, including three sketchbook pages now housed at the Nationalmuseum
Category
1880s Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Antique 1828 Satirical Print A Fool to Pleasure Yet a Slave to Fame Hand-Colored
Located in Langweer, NL
, possibly inspecting or admiring the lavish costume. The male figure, clutching a sketchbook or notebook
Category
1820s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
Antique Pair of Oriental Paintings on Wood Adolf Schreyer 1828-1899 Circle
Located in Doha, QA
seemingly foreign and folkloristic countries of the Black Sea and the Balkans, filling his sketchbooks with
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Arts
Crafts Style Andirons in the Style of Ernest Gimson
By Ernest Gimson
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
large proportion of pages in his sketchbooks.
Gimson also designed complex pierced and chased work
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Woman with Bicycle: Two Views
By Frank Duveneck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(label)
Drawings from the sketchbook are in the collections of the Munson Williams Proctor Institute in
Category
1890s American Realist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Shepherd with Animals in Landscape - Dutch Old Master art pastoral oil painting
By Nicolaes Berchem
Located in Hagley, England
sketchbooks full of drawings of classical ruins and pastoral imagery. His paintings, of which he produced an
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil
$15,428 Sale Price
20% Off
Attr. Constantine Of Aix, Animated Landscape With Roman Soldiers, 18th/19th Cent
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
faithfully as possible, or pen to fill his many sketchbooks. He also enjoyed drawing sites and views of
Category
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper
Travellers near Ruins in a Landscape - Dutch Old Master art figural oil painting
By Pieter Wouwerman
Located in Hagley, England
which Philips Wouwerman burned his sketchbooks before his death, so that his brother wouldn't be able to
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Scottish Boy - Like Robert Henri
By Margery Austen Ryerson
Located in Miami, FL
, along with personal items like a paintbrush and a sketchbook. Through her work, the exhibit delves into
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
George Washington Hand Studies, Mount Vernon
By Francis Luis Mora
Located in New York, NY
"sketchbooks".
A marvelous gift to a gentleman, a great piece to hang in a study or grouping or for a lover of
Category
1910s American Realist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled (Standing man with umbrella behind)
By Charles Maurin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
dealer and scholar on Maurin
From the artist's sketchbook/record book, with the typeface number "561
Category
1890s French School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Woman with Turban (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
sketchbook. Unsigned, but came as part of a portfolio of his drawings I acquired earlier this year, so is
Category
1890s Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Ink
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
By Edouard Vuillard
Located in Fairlawn, OH
perforated sketchbook
Image/sheet size: 6 5/8 x 4 7/16 inches
Frame size: 12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches
Lucie Belin
Category
1910s Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Christopher Dresser Design Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set on Tray by Elkington
By Christopher Dresser
Located in London, London
sketchbook of an identical shaped sugar bowl, and also the same shape of tea set being seen in the Dresser
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Sterling Silver
John Field early 19th Century Georgian English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
produced silhouettes but filled sketchbooks with landscape drawings and painted landscapes, some of which
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Bronze
$409 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri Matisse - Dancer on Wooden Armchair (Danseuse au Fauteuil en Bois), 1927
By Henri Matisse
Located in Hinsdale, IL
immediacy and spontaneity, like pages in a sketchbook. Alternately, his lithographs were on a larger scale
Category
1920s Fauvist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Lithograph
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Antique Sketchbooks For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, there are several options of antique sketchbooks available for sale. Browse a selection of Impressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 2 Impressionist examples available. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the antique sketchbooks that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of beige, gray, orange and purple. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Artur Markowicz, Edgar Degas, Nicholas André Monsiaux and Theodore Robinson are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in pencil, paper and ink — can elevate any room of your home.
How Much are Antique Sketchbooks?
Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — antique sketchbooks in our inventory begin at $250 and can go as high as $58,000, while the average can fetch as much as $5,500.
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