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She would have bought it from one of the many shops catering to the taste for amateur art that developed in the early 19th century, such as Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository' in London.  This sketchbook has 60 pages of white wove paper.  Wove paper is made on a fine mesh mould, which makes it very smooth and suitable for pencil, ink and watercolour.  The more old-fashioned laid paper was indented by the chains of the mould, which meant  ink and watercolour often 'pooled' in these indentations.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Amelia, Lady Farnborough, was a daughter of the connoisseur Sir Abraham Hume. In 1793 she married Charles Long, created Baron Farnborough in 1826.  An amateur etcher and a vigourous patron of the arts, he assisted the watercolourist Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) to make his one visit to Paris in 1801. Lady Farnborough was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work  was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. Her watercolours also show the influence of her contemporary John Varley. Her country seat was Bromley Hill Place, Kent, and many of her landscapes are scenes of the surrounding district.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Long, Amelia (Lady Farnborough)","id":"A8626"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Drawings in pencil and ink wash on paper","categories":[{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Books","id":"THES48986"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM3191"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"120","id":"THES49226"},"free":"","case":"CA10","shelf":"","box":"21"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Sketchbook","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1800-1825","earliest":"1800-01-01","latest":"1825-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"13.65","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"37","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"open","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"By Amelia Long, Lady Farnborough (born in London, 1772, died in Bromley Hill, Kent, 1837)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Sketchbook by Amelia Long with views of Sussex towns and villages","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"SKETCHBOOK with views of Sussex towns and villages 1800-1825                                                                                  \n\nLady Farnborough was an accomplished amateur artist. Like other amateur 'sketchbooks' hers contains finished drawings. Professional artists did only rapid sketched details to record a view for later use. But unlike most amateurs, Lady Farnborough was able to model her drawings on the work of landscape artists such as Claude Lorrain (1604-1682) which she saw in her own home and the houses she visited.                                                                                                                                      \n\nDrawings in pencil and ink wash on paper                                                                                                      \nBy Amelia Long, Lady Farnborough (born in London, 1772, died in Bromley Hill, Kent, 1837)                                                                                                   \nMuseum no. 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