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Eleven James W. Pattison sketchbooks

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(James William Pattison, Illinois/Asheville, North Carolina, 1844-1915), six sketchbooks, Gloucester, Massachusetts, with some Maine, New Hampshire and New York related, dating from 1887-1890, pencil, ink and body color: (1) 34 pages, maritime subjects including "U.S. Cruiser Atlanta" and two sketches of animals, 37 sketches total, signed and inscribed inside front "J. William Pattison/Gloucester Point 1887", 3-5/8 x 5-1/2 in.; (2) 37 pages, maritime, cows, beach scenes, 40 sketches, signed and inscribed inside front "J. William Pattison/Gloucester 1887 9th Aug", 3-5/8 x 5-1/2 in.; (3) 33 pages, maritime and beach subjects, 36 sketches, inscribed inside front "J. William Pattison 31st July 1888/Grapevine Cove Gloucester, Mass.", 4-1/2 x 7-3/4 in., [loose pages]; (4) 21 pages, boats, cows, 21 sketches, inscribed inside front "J. William Pattison N.Y., 20 June 88", 4 x 7 in.; (5) 27 pages, boats, pigs, 28 sketches, inscribed inside front "James William Pattison, Gloucester 27th June 1889", 4-3/8 x 7 in., [loose pages, cover off]; (6) 36 pages, maritime subjects, 33 sketches, inscribed inside front "James William Pattison/Gloucester Mass/30th June, 1890", 3-5/8 x 5-1/2 in., [both covers off]; three sketchbooks, marine related: (7) 40 pages, "Wissant", "S.S. Obdam", Fox Island, Vinal Haven, Camden, Port Clyde, Monhegan, Jewell's Island, Haskell's Island, 40 sketches, inscribed inside front "James Wm. Pattison, Jacksonville, Ill.", dated 1893-1896, 5 x 6-5/8 in.; (8) 29 pages, marine subjects including yachts, 29 sketches, inscribed inside front "James William Pattison off the Coast of Maine onboard schooner "Centennial" Capt. Bery…of Gloucester/6th Aug 1889", 4-1/4 x 6 in., [loose pages, minor pest damage]; (9) 20 pages, Mt. Desert Island (Acadia National Park), Portland, Nantucket, 21 sketches, inscribed in front "J. William Pattison/New York/18th Aug 1886/Out of the East River for Mt. Desert", 3-5/8 x 5-1/8 in.; two sketchbooks, Colorado and St. Louis, Missouri related: (10) 32 pages containing one diary page outlining incidents that occurred including someone firing a gun at another in a restaurant, 38 pencil sketches of ranches, forts, portraits, landscapes including Pike's Peak, inscribed in front "J.M. Pattison 614 Pine St. St. Louis", dated 1869, 5 x 8-1/2 in., [covers gone, some pages loose, foxing, some tears to edges]; (11) 80 pages (includes tissue), 27 sketches of landscapes, botanical studies, inscribed inside front "J.M. Pattison St. Louis July 1868", 7-1/2 x 9-3/4 in., [some pages loose]. All with wear to bindings, toning, handling grime, some chipping to edges. Provenance: Estate of Patricia Pattison Shuttles, Asheville, North Carolina.

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