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Sketchbook I
By Artur Markowicz
Located in London, GB
ARTUR MARKOWICZ 1872-1934
Podgórze (Poland) 1872-1934 Cracow (Polish)
Title: Sketchbook I
Category
1910s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Color Pencil
Sketchbook II
By Artur Markowicz
Located in London, GB
ARTUR MARKOWICZ 1872-1934
Podgórze (Poland) 1872-1934 Cracow (Polish)
Title: Sketchbook II
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
Miss J Board - ca 1830 Album, Graphite Study Sketchbook
Located in Corsham, GB
We think that this sketchbook was done by the sister of Catherine Board, whose collection we
Category
19th 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
H 6.3 in W 3.94 in D 0.12 in
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
H 9.75 in W 12.5 in D 1 in
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
H 24.5 in W 26.75 in D 11.75 in
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
Paper, Giltwood, Glass, Gesso
H 15.5 in W 16.5 in D 1.25 in
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
H 16.54 in W 11.03 in D 1.19 in
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
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
Self Portrait Of Thomas A. Woolnoth, The Rhine, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
view of a castle on the Rhine in the distance which he has been sketching (sketchbook and pen in hand
Category
19th Century Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
H 11.82 in W 15.75 in D 0.12 in
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
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
H 27.17 in W 23.43 in D 23.43 in
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
Amos Green, Near Ingleton, Yorkshire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
filled their sketchbooks with picturesque views. Via a shared passion for nature and art, they were bound
Category
Early 1800s English School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Lady Painting En Plein Aire, 1880's
By Eduardo Dalbono
Located in New York, NY
lady dressed in white in an artist’s folding chair seated with sketchbook and brush viewing the
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor
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
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
H 35.04 in W 29.73 in D 2.37 in
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
Travellers near Ruins in a Landscape - Dutch Old Master art figural oil painting
By Pieter Wouwerman
Located in London, GB
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
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
Travellers and Dogs in Landscape, Ruins on Right - Dutch Old Master oil painting
By Pieter Wouwerman
Located in London, GB
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
Edward William Cooke RA, West-Country Cove With Cottages, Family & Donkeys
By Edward William Cooke
Located in Cheltenham, GB
under Captain Burton of the West-Indiaman, ‘Thetis’. During his time with Burton, he filled sketchbooks
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Portland, ME
states: "About the time this picture was painted, Cassatt began to carry a small sketchbook in which she
Category
1870s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Pencil
George Washington Hand Studies, Mount Vernon
By Francis Luis Mora
Located in Greenwich, CT
"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
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
Alfred Augustus Glendening, Landscape With Woodland Track & Sheep
By Alfred Augustus Glendening Senior
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Glendening filled his sketchbooks on various cross-country trips. In 1864, he debuted at The Royal Society of
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
H 5.12 in W 13 in D 11.03 in
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
H 3 in W 2.5 in D 0.5 in
Painted Folk Art Four-Panel Floor Screen
Located in Troy, NY
oversized idea of the sketchbook or travelogue. One side of the screen shows an imaginary landscape, the
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Country Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas
Old oil on canvas "an Italian landscape" circle of Pierre Henri De Valenciennes
Located in Gavere, BE
with many sketchbooks to settle in Paris where the exhibition will take place. most of his career.
He
Category
1770s French School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 29.53 in W 24.41 in D 1.19 in
Rowley Gallery Framed Inlay Wood Panel "The Goblin Market" By W.A. Chase
By Rowley Gallery
Located in Petworth, GB
white image). (see image). A design for a Goblin Market from William Chase's sketchbook depicts a girl
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Wood
H 30.71 in W 30.71 in D 1.19 in
Shepherd with Animals in Landscape - Dutch Old Master art pastoral oil painting
By Nicolaes Berchem
Located in London, GB
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
William Adolphus Knell (Attributed), Yachting In The Mediterranean
Located in Cheltenham, GB
with his sketchbook in hand, spending countless hours in the harbour. Cowes had long been renowned for
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century, Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk drawing
Located in Paris, FR
other interesting fact is that the sheet was without doubt part of a sketchbook. The number 25 related
Category
1770s Baroque Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Chalk
Standing Male Nude
By Frank Duveneck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the sketchbook are in the collections of the Munson Williams Proctor Institute in Utica, New York and
Category
1890s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
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
H 29.5 in W 22.75 in D 1 in
Set of English 19th Century Brass Fire Dogs in the Style of Ernest Gimson
By Ernest Gimson
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
17th-century fire dogs. Metalwork makes up a large proportion of pages in his sketchbooks.
Gimson also
Category
Early 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
H 24.61 in W 13.78 in D 25.6 in
Joachim Ferdinand Richardt, River Baptism
By Joachim Ferdinand Richardt
Located in Cheltenham, GB
undertake his next trip, clutching his sketchbook in hand.
In 1859, before returning to Europe, he
Category
1860s Hudson River School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 12ft Imperial Style Extending Dining Table C1810 19th Century
Located in London, GB
for bottles. The Davenport, a lady’s desk, was featured in the sketchbooks from 1816. Gillows made
Category
1810s English George III Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Mahogany
H 28.55 in W 142.13 in D 60.04 in
A Gathering by a Lake in the Roman Campagna 1
Located in West Sussex, GB
sketchbooks (comprising over 200 items) to the British Museum. Some of Ainsley's drawings and watercolours
Category
1830s Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Oil
A large portrait of Provost Samuel Leckie by William A. Donnelly 1901
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
artist’s sketchbooks.
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Paint
Portrait of Woman with Jewelry
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
kept a sketchbook (now in the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana) and developed an interest in
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 12ft Imperial Style Dining Table C1810 &12 Chairs 20thCentury
Located in London, GB
bottles. The Davenport, a lady’s desk, was featured in the sketchbooks from 1816. Gillows made medicine
Category
1810s English George III Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Mahogany
H 28.55 in W 142.13 in D 60.04 in
Antique 12ft Imperial Style Extending Dining Table C1810 & 12 Chairs 20thCentury
Located in London, GB
Davenport, a lady’s desk, was featured in the sketchbooks from 1816. Gillows made medicine chests, powdering
Category
1810s English George III Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Mahogany
H 28.55 in W 142.13 in D 60.04 in
La Lampe Polonoise
By Jean Baptist Le Prince
Located in Fairlawn, OH
listed numerous drawings of Russian subjects, as well as twelve sketchbooks made during his travels in
Category
1770s Old Masters Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Aquatint
Side View Seated Female Nude
By Frank Duveneck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Factory Collection, Cincinnati
Spanierman Gallery, New York (label)
Drawings from the sketchbook are in
Category
1890s American Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Battle Scene, Spanish American War
By Francis Luis Mora
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sketchbooks are at the Smithsonian and this work came out of one in the early 1990's from the estate. It is
Category
1890s Ashcan School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
A sketch of children climbing a fence
By Peter de Wint
Located in Maidenhead, GB
spontaneously en plein air, in one of de Wint’s pocket sketchbooks of his preferred ivory-tinted Creswick paper
Category
18th Century English School Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Pair of Marble and Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra by Eugène Hazart
By Eugene Bazart
Located in London, GB
shaped petals. One base signed in script.
Paris, Circa 1860
This model is recorded in the sketchbooks of
Category
19th Century French Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
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
Graphite
Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
the Louvre in Paris and British museums. With a sketchbook always on hand, he wandered the streets of
Category
1920s Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Watercolor
The Chess Game (antique drawing by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
sketchbook. Signed EW - came as part of a portfolio of his drawings I acquired earlier this year.
Proudly
Category
1890s Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Tree and House - Charcoal by E.-L. Minet - Early 1900
By Emile-Louis Minet
Located in Roma, IT
state of preservation is excellent. The piece of paper comes from a sketchbook, and it presents some
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
H 4.93 in W 8.15 in D 0.04 in
Cloak and Dagger (Ellsworth Woodward Antique Figurative Graphite Drawing)
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
from a sketchbook; I purchased it as part of a group of Woodward drawings. It isn't signed, but it is
Category
1890s Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Young Lady With Coiffure - Ellsworth Woodward Antique Graphite Drawing
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
from a sketchbook; I purchased it as part of a group of Woodward drawings. It isn't signed, but it is
Category
1890s Romantic Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
Side View Seated Female Nude
By Frank Duveneck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Factory Collection, Cincinnati
Spanierman Gallery, New York (label)
Drawings from the sketchbook are in
Category
1890s American Impressionist Antique Sketchbooks
Materials
Graphite
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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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