Sketches
Photographing and cataloguing Richard's sketches is a whole project in itself. The majority are part of the estate collection but a few are owned by private collectors.
The estate set are largely held in the form of sketchbooks and scrapbooks. Some sketch books are from a distinct period but others contain works of widely varying dates. At some point Richard raided his original sketchbooks, cut out key samples and pasted them together with some of his early drawings and watercolours into scrapbooks.
We are calling all the books "sketchbooks" for convenience and we have numbered them 1 to 22. There is also a set marked "0" for estate sketches not found in the books and for those in other collections.
You can view the all sketch books and albums archived so far using links at the bottom of the Explore the Catalogue page.
Sketch_20-075 Clare College and KIng's College Chapel, Cambridge (July 1946)
pencil on paperil
Sketch_20-076 King's College Chapel exterior, Cambridge (June 1946)
pencil on paper
Sketch_20-078 King's College Cambridge from the Backs (June 1946)
pencil on paper
Mulberry Harbour, Selsey Bill (1944)
pencil on paper - 49h x 35.5w (cm)
Sketch_20-066 Ship, Portsmouth (1943)
pencil on paperil
Sketch_20-065 Portsmouth docks (1943)
pencil on paper
HMS Resolution, Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.9h x 35.5w (cm)
Sketch_20-063 Gosport town and harbour (1942)
pencil on paper
Studies for the Blitz on Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 9.5h x 14w (cm)
Sketch_20-069 dry dock Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper
Sketch_20-070 Portsmouth docks (1942)
pencil on paper
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h x 35.6w (cm)
Arrival of HMS Resolution (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.9h x 35.5w (cm)
HMS Resolution, Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 20.3h x 35.6w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h x 35.6w (cm)
Sketch_20-059 battleship Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper