James Boswell

Notebook, labelled ‘Biographies - writings’ on the spine

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Created by: James Boswell 1906–1971
Title: Notebook, labelled ‘Biographies - writings’ on the spine
Date: Date not known
Description: Ink, crayon, graphite and watercolour on paper, 257 × 209 mm

Pages 1-2, notes headed 'Volant & Warren's Memoirs of A. Soyer 1858'
Pages 3-4, notes on famous chefs
Pages 5-32, biographical notes about César Ritz
Pages 33-36, notes on vegetable parchment
Pages 37-52, blank
Format: Bound volume - notebook
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Ruth Boswell, the artist's widow in 1982
Reference: TGA 8224/72

Artists’ International Association British War Art London Group Realism

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Seventy five drawings and sketchbooks by James Boswell, the graphic artist, illustrator and painter TGA 8224 (48)

Notebook, labelled 'Biographies - writings' on the spine TGA 8224/72

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