An album of amateur drawings, with scenes in Kent, East Sussex, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The artist, only identified with the initials ‘S.G.L.’, provides titles and dates for the majority of the drawings. The first group (thirteen in all) dated 1828 are views in Kent, Sussex, and Hertfordshire, including Leeds Castle, Hythe, Sandgate, Rye, Pevensey Castle, Tunbridge Wells, St. Albans, and Hatfield. The second, larger group of drawings are scenes in and round the village of Bletchingley (sometimes Bletchingly) in Surrey, depicting village life.
- Artist: L., S. G., artist.
- Title: [Album of drawings of Bletchingley, 1828-1829] [art original] / S.G.L.
- Production: [England], 1828-1829.
Folio 64 Su7 828
Acquired December 2019
A young woman picking apples is watched by a youth who hides behind the tree and bushes on the right, his right hand over his heart; more trees in the background and the edge of a thatched cottage to left and a stream in the distance, right.
“Rural scene with two couples dancing on the left while a man pipes and plays a drum under a tree on the right, and another couple watch at a table in front of him, smoking and drinking; village in the background.”–British Museum online catalogue.![Cover: [Album of amateur prints by Charlton Wollaston...]](http://lewiswalpole.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lwlpr22179.jpg "Cover: [Album of amateur prints by Charlton Wollaston...]")
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