Collection of 15 Grand Tour sketchbooks

James Hall (1800/1797 - 1854)

National Library of Scotland

1821 - 1822

The volumes form a valuable and unusual diary of a Grand Tour. Hall reports an incident and draws what he sees as events are actually happening. He records, for example, the progress of a coasting voyage from Salerno to Amalfi, with fine pencil sketches of the scenery at frequent intervals. He sketches even as he ascends Vesurius or Etna.

• Medium: pencil on paper
• Art Fund Grant: £1350 ( Total: £2,700)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Grant & Shaw

Provenance

Presented by Hall to his sister Frances, 1827; otherwise unknown.

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