FDA-V.6-2016
Parts
Object number
FDA-V.6-2016
Object type
Identification
Title
Edmond Warre Scrapbook
Description
Album of drawings containing sketches in ink, some with watercolour, from the scrap book of Edmond Warre. Inscribed throughout. 45 leaves, numbered in pencil with page numbers top right corner
Description
Content (note)
p. 1 flyleaf, signed by Edmond Warre
pp. 2-23 verso caricatures and figure studies (p. 14 loose watercolour inserted)
including p.11 'MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF Ye VSHERS AT ETON. 1866. XXXXXXXX / SUNT QV AS CVRRICVLO''
p. 24 blank
pp. 25-36 caricature and figure studies (humorous handwritten poem in envelope between pp.31-32)
including p.32 'A D Coleridge'
p.33 'The Blind Cobler of Eton / Oct. 1867'
p.34: pasted in single page letter, recto, printed in blue monogram: 'ALD'; inscribed in brown ink below: 'My dear Mr. Warre / Will you let Dora / drink tea with Alice / tomorrow at 5 o.C.? / and have a game in / the garden until 7 - / Yours very sincerely / A. L. Dupuis / June 17th.'; verso: full-length sketch of a standing (marching) male figure in military dress, holding a baton
p. 37 blank
p. 37 verso caricature scene
p. 38 blank
p. 39 caricature/figure study
p. 40-41 blank
pp. 42-43 caricature and figure studies
pp. 44-45 endpapers, blank
pp. 2-23 verso caricatures and figure studies (p. 14 loose watercolour inserted)
including p.11 'MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF Ye VSHERS AT ETON. 1866. XXXXXXXX / SUNT QV AS CVRRICVLO''
p. 24 blank
pp. 25-36 caricature and figure studies (humorous handwritten poem in envelope between pp.31-32)
including p.32 'A D Coleridge'
p.33 'The Blind Cobler of Eton / Oct. 1867'
p.34: pasted in single page letter, recto, printed in blue monogram: 'ALD'; inscribed in brown ink below: 'My dear Mr. Warre / Will you let Dora / drink tea with Alice / tomorrow at 5 o.C.? / and have a game in / the garden until 7 - / Yours very sincerely / A. L. Dupuis / June 17th.'; verso: full-length sketch of a standing (marching) male figure in military dress, holding a baton
p. 37 blank
p. 37 verso caricature scene
p. 38 blank
p. 39 caricature/figure study
p. 40-41 blank
pp. 42-43 caricature and figure studies
pp. 44-45 endpapers, blank
Inscription
Paper label inside the front cover with typed lettering: 'Two drawings from the scrap book / of Edmond Warre Head Master 1884- / 1905.The book was given by Mr E.D. / Warre in 1925.'
Physical description
Bound in red leather
Production
Person
Warre, Edmond, 1837 - 1920 (Artist)
Date
c.1860-1900
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Edmond Warre; by descent to Mr E.D. Warre; by whom presented to Eton College in 1925


























































