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Reference NumberP/MCC/1/7
LevelFile
TitleMcCarthy Sketchbook
Date(s)1961
DescriptionA brown sketchbook. The book is bound with board and leather and is approximately eighteen centimetres tall by twenty six wide. Most of the drawings appear to be rough, abstract sketches, though there are a few portraits and fewer nudes as well. The pages are not numbered.

Several pages from a different sketchbook appear to have been inserted into P/MCC/1/7. These pages are neither marked nor dated. A purple bookmark indicates that the sole model in this book was Terry Cowley. There is also an impressive painting of West Park Pavillion in Bedfordshire, also marked with a purple bookmark.

Number of Sketches: 43
Extent1 item
PhysicalDescriptionCondition: The condition of this sketchbook is relatively good. There are splashes of paint on the cover and some of the pages are somewhat loose, but only one has been torn out and only one has broken free of the spine.
Access StatusOpen
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