19 - Peter Frederick Anson Drawings

19

Peter Frederick Anson Drawings

22 items; 37 cm x 28 cm; black ink illustrations on paper

The subseries comprises a collection of ink drawings by Peter Frederick Anson (1889-1975), an English artist and writer. The collection includes illustrations of various religious sites in Ireland, Britain, and Italy. Most of the scenes in Italy have connections with Saint Francis of Assisi and the early Franciscans. The illustrations are mostly in black ink although a few have some additional coloured ink. Most of the drawings are signed (or initialled), and several are dated.

Includes the following captioned drawings:

St. Kevin’s Kitchen, Glendalough, County Wicklow
St. Patrick’s Purgatory, Lough Derg, County Donegal
The Cathedrals in Armagh
Kilclief, County Down ‘where St. Patrick landed in 432 after 20 years’ absence from Ireland’
St. Augustine’s Church, Dungarvan, County Waterford
Raholp Church, County Down
Saul Church, County Down
House of Blessed Bernard of Quintavalle, Assisi, Italy
St. David’s, Pantasaph, North Wales, ‘Novitiate of the English Province of the Friars Minor Capuchin’
Greccio, ‘The Franciscan Bethlehem’
Basilica of St. Anthony, Padua, Italy
Church of San Bonaventura al Palatino, Palatine Hill, Rome
Basilica of Saint Clare, Assisi, Italy
Capuchin Friary, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
San Sebastiano fuori le mura, Rome
Capuchin Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rome
Friary of Monteluco, Spoleto, Italy
Refectory of St. Clare, San Damiano, Assisi, Italy
Grotto of Blessed Bernard of Quintavalle, Assisi, Italy

Some of the pages are torn at the edges while some are stained or show signs of prior water damage. The drawings were probably originally extant in a sketch book. Only the back cover of the sketch book now remains. Careful handling of the items is required.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition