Sketchbook (Scotland)

This material is held atTate Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 70 TGA 8224/15
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1942
  • Physical Description
    • 1 piece

Scope and Content

Page 1 Rectangle with lines, page 2 Landscape with house, huts and figures, page 3 Outline figures, bending and working among trees, page 4 Three figures behind a counter with a group of people waiting, page 5 Low buildings among trees, page 6 Low buildings among trees with telegraph poles, page 7 Outline of tree trunks, page 8 Huts viewed from higher ground with a large circular fountain in front, page 9 Soldiers having a hot drink in a canteen, page 10 Huts among trees beside a bridge, page 11 Study of trees and shrubs, page 12 Two houses in the country, page 13 Army dormitory showing three beds, page 14 Reception ward at a military hospital with two soldiers carrying a stretcher, page 15 Studies of three huts among trees, page 16 Army huts among fir trees, page 17 Vaulted structure with door and windows and three other brick structures, page 18 Two men working at desks in an office, page 19 Blank except for a blob of watercolour, page 20 Bus parked near a group of huts, page 21 Blank, page 22 Landscape with hills and mountain and a small house, page 23 Army lorrry seen from the front driven by a man, page 24 Same lorry as on page 23 seen from the side and without a driver, page 25 Soldier seen from behind walking along a path towards a group of army huts, page 26 Army lorry seen from the side, page 27 Unfinished study of an army lorry, page 28 Convoy of army lorries on the road at night, page 29 Carpenters working outside an army hut, page 30 Entrance to a snack-bar, page 31 Two studies: the interior of a snack bar and market stalls, page 32 Unfinished street with a pub and market stalls, page 33 left: Standing man playing the accordion. The page has been turned upside down and there are several small studies of standing and seated figures and heads, page 34 Four studies: exterior of building; woman standing outside building; man and woman facing each other; figure seen in profile, page 35 Newsagent's shop, page 36 Railway station, page 37 Town square with trees and a memorial, page 38 Five studies: sun shining on huts; standing figure by a table; man with a gun; bottle and two glasses on a table; couple seated at a table, page 39 Street scene with railway arches, page 40 Figures at a bus stop, page 41 Unfinished study of a building, page 42 (Sketch upside down) Study of a pub with a decorative clock, page 43 Street scene with a church and figures, page 44 Seated woman with vase of flowers, page 45 Exterior of a house, page 46 Woman wearing a headscarf sitting at a table writing, page 47 (With sketchbook turned upside down) Street scene with two figures, a pram and a bicycle outside a pub, Glued inside back cover Street scene with shops and stalls.