A Guide to the A.G. Bradley Field Sketches 1875-1885 Bradley, A.G. field sketches, 1875-1885 11067

A Guide to the A.G. Bradley Field Sketches 1875-1885

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Accession Number 11067

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11067

Title

A.G. Bradley Field Sketches 1875-1885

Physical Characteristics

There are 14 pen & ink sketches (11 cm and smaller) mounted on 6 cardboard sheets.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

A.G. Bradley Field Sketches, 1875-1885, Accession # , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These sketches were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Jim Presgraves, Bookworm & Silverfish, Wytheville, Virginia, on December 1, 1992.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of ink drawings, "Field Sketches," 1875 and 1880-1885, of Virginia scenes by Arthur Granville Bradley (1850-1943), artist and author of Sketches from old Virginia (1897), as well as other books concerning scenes and places in Great Britain. The sketches include drawings of the heads and figures of several men (1875 Dec 25); a close-up view of a tombstones in a graveyard (1875); "Trouting on the Blue Ridge," on the Tye River, Nelson County, Virginia (1880 June); the Peaks of Otter (1880); "A Negro Sportsman" (1884); and "an old family graveyard" (1885).