Sketchbook: Animal Studies, John Singer Sargent, 19th-20th century
John Singer Sargent, portraitJohn Singer SargentAmerican, 1856–1925

Sketchbook: Animal Studies

19th-20th century · Drawing

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Where is “Sketchbook: Animal Studies” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

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Cambridge, United States

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About the work

Sketchbook with cream-paper-covered cardboard covers, red- cloth-covered spine; printed in black on front cover: Schetsboek. Pages of off-white wove paper. Sewn page block; pages have rounded corners. Sketchbook is incomplete, with thirty-four pages remaining; drawing on tracing paper affixed to folio 14. Thirty drawings.The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corner. Several pages are missing and the page numbering apparently occurred after their removal; one page after page 18 may have been removed, and three pages after page 34.

Contents: Goats and cattle, landscape, portrait of Benjamin Franklin, "Atlas and Moderation" (sculpture atop pediment of Royal Palace, formerly Town Hall, Amsterdam); miscellaneous studies.

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1937.7.10

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