Sketchbook inscribed by Mendelssohn 'Cecile Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin'
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn e. 7
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Sketchbook inscribed by Mendelssohn 'Cecile Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin'
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn e. 7
Summary
The named sketches are:
(fol. 1) Bergstrasse, Jul. Reproduced in Petitpierre, The Romance of the Mendelssohns, 1947, p. 79.
(fol. 3) Chamouny. See F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's sketch from the same position (9-11 Aug) printed by Max. F. Schneider in Reisebilder aus der Schweiz 1842, privately printed, 1954.
(fol. 5) Savoy. 9 Aug.
(fol. 7) Dummsee. Unfinished.
(fol. 9) Klostermauer in Interlaken, 16 Aug.
(fol. 11) Unterseen, 16 Aug.
(fol. 16) Interlaken, 17 Aug.
Das Kloster in Altorf (sic) vom Gasthaus, 28 Aug. Missing.
On fols. 28 and 29 are sketches [by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy?] on loose leaves; the second sketch shows the Darmstädter Warte, Frankfurt (see MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 11, fol. 1).
Date
[1842]
Language
German
Physical facet
Binding: quarter black morocco and brown paper boards; leather loop for brushes. i + 32 leaves ((fols. 12, 28 and 29 formerly loose in volume).Watermark 'J. Whatman. Turkey Mill. 1835'.
Physical extent
33 Leaves
Custodial history
Wach collection.
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Collection contents
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
Portraits and drawings
Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy's drawings, etc.
Sketchbook inscribed by Mendelssohn 'Cecile Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin'
