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A Collection of Sketches by C. R. Cockerell, R.A.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2013
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By the generosity of Mr. S. Pepys Cockerell the British Museum has recently come into possession of three volumes of sketches, plans, etc., made by his father, C. R. Cockerell, R.A., during the seven years (1810–1817) in which he was travelling in S. Europe and the Levant.
The Collection contains about 500 sketches, a few in water-colour, sepia, and Indian-ink, the rest in pencil, and is of great interest both artistically and archaeologically. On its artistic interest I do not propose to dwell; Cockerell's merits as an artist have always been recognised, and these delicate water-colour and pencil notes, in which there is not an unnecessary or an unmeaning line, are quite up to the level of his finished work.
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1 Travels in S. Europe and the Levant, 1810–1817. The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A., p. 286.
2 Op. cit. p. 14.
3 Byzantine Constantinople, pp. 110, 111, 112; 68, 78.
4 Ib. p. 272.
5 Byzantine Constantinople, p. 273.
6 Antiquities of Athens, iii. chap, ix, Pls. I.–XIII.
7 Fiöhner, , Sculpture Antique, pp. 52–57Google Scholar.
8 Antiquities of Athens, iii.
9 Id. I. ii. Pls. I.–VIII.
10 Antiquities of Athens, III. vi. Pl. I.
11 Travels, p. 251.
12 European and Asiatic Turkey, ii. pp. 285–293.
13 Travels, p. 255
14 Voyages et Recherches, i. Pls. X., XI.
15 Walpole, op. cit. vol. i. pp. 402–409.
16 Tracels, p. 134.
17 Id. p. 136.
18 Wiegand-Schrader, Priene, Pl. XIII.
19 Travels, p. 171.
20 Id. pp. 194–196.
21 Travels, pp. 263, 264.
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