D'OLIER, Elizabeth Maria (later Sitwell). Sketch book with 19 pencil drawings of Irish landscapes and scenery.

D'OLIER, Elizabeth Maria (later Sitwell). Sketch book with 19 pencil drawings of Irish landscapes and scenery.D'OLIER, Elizabeth Maria (later Sitwell). Sketch book with 19 pencil drawings of Irish landscapes and scenery. [Dublin, c. 1852, as one drawing is dated]. 12mo (11. 5x9 cm). Contemporary Irish black roan, blind stamped with a cornucopia to front and rear, gold decoration to borders, gold harp and flower devices on spine, edges gilt; written on the one mauve flyleaf in pencil E. M. dOlier from Muff; followed by 72 pages of pastel coloured leaves

D'OLIER, Elizabeth Maria (later Sitwell). Sketch book with 19 pencil drawings of Irish landscapes and scenery. [Dublin, c. 1852, as one drawing is dated].

12mo (11.5x9 cm). Contemporary Irish black roan, blind-stamped with a cornucopia to front and rear, gold decoration to borders, gold harp and flower devices on spine, edges gilt; written on the one mauve flyleaf in pencil ‘E.M. d’Olier from Muff’; followed by 72 pages of pastel coloured leaves bearing 19 pages of pencilled sketches, several initialled ‘HCS’; one hinge a little tender, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise very good.

The drawings include a view of Killiney Bay, Co. Dublin, with Bray Head; a simple country church, typical Irish ruins, and two portraits of ladies writing or drawing at desks (one portrait double-page size). The D'Olier family was of French Huguenot descent and settled in Dublin. Front fly-leaf inscribed 'E.M. d’Olier from Muff'.

SKU: 2117161