Drawings made in Switzerland
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn e. 1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Drawings made in Switzerland
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn e. 1
Summary
Inside the front cover are pencil sketches of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Cécile, Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Albertine, with Eduard Genast and four Preussers, all of whose signatures are on fol. 1, 'd. 20 August in Interlaken bei schlechtem Wetter 1842'. This drawing is mentioned by Genast in his memoirs, Aus dem Tagebuch eines alten Schauspielers, iii, 1865, p. 258.
(fol. 1) Court, 2 Aug.
(fol. 2) Am Bielen See, 3 Aug.
(fol. 3) Ouchy, 6 Aug.
(fol. 4) Chillon, 6 Aug. Copied in watercolour, 23 Dec 1843, see MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 49, 21.
(fols. 5-6) Montreux, 6 Aug. Two sketches; the first was copied in watercolour for Cécile's 1836 album, MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 21, fol. 58.
(fol. 7) [Glacier des] Bosson[s], 10 Aug (title in Cécile's hand).
(fol. 8) Interlaken, 17 Aug.
(fol. 9) Unterseen, 18 Aug.
(fols. 10-12) 2 studies of fencing and a portrait of Heinrich Zumbrunn von Rinkenberg with the subject's signature, Interlaken, 20 Aug.
(fol. 13) Silberhorn. Wengern Alp, 21 Aug.
(fol. 14) 7 figures 'Auf dem Faulhorn', 22 Aug.
(fol. 15) Hospital, Sonntag 28 Aug.
(fol. 16) Attinghausen, 29 Aug.
(fol. 17) [Goats]. 29 Aug.
(fol. 18) [Woman spinning], Stanz, 30 Aug.
Date
Aug 1842
Language
German
Physical facet
Quarter maroon morrocco and brown paper boards with cloth loops for a brush. 21 leaves (19-21 blank) with tissue paper interleaving. Watermark 'J. Whatman 1839'.
Physical extent
21 Leaves
Custodial history
Inscribed inside front cover 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy à Berlin'.
Acquisition
Given as MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 5.
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Collection contents
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
Portraits and drawings
Drawings by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Drawings made in Switzerland
