L S Penrose Sketch Book
- Date:
- 1918
- Reference:
- PENROSE/1/4/1/2
- Part of:
- L. S. Penrose Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Small sketchbook containing drawings made by L S Penrose while he was serving with the Friends' Ambulance Train in northern France during the First World War. Includes drawings of Amiens, Vecquemont, Doingt, Templeaux, Ypres, Abbeville, Rouen, Coutrai [Kortrijk], Marcoing, and the Friends' Ambulance Train no. 5. Mostly pencil drawings, some with colour, some in pastel.
A Christmas card dated 1949, a greetings card from Friends' Ambulance Train no. 5, and a print of a woodcut portrait are tucked inside the back cover.
Publication/Creation
1918
Physical description
31 folios plus 5 inserts
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.