Series PDP06128 - Black-bound sketchbook "C"

We are all as dismal & grey as can be.... Anatomical drawing of a head. There was an Old man, lived out in a wood... Cat walking over a cupboard and crockery falling. Emily Carr with fingers trapped in folding chair, her landladies and cat. Seated woman in costume. Woman standing wearing pointed hat. Woman with pointed hat. WE WAS. Milford & I sketching in Bushey Herts. WE WASENT. THEY WAS. (magnified foreground) WE WENT. Imagine if every student brought a chaperone to class. There is a weary student.... Woman holding puppy by scruff of its neck. Woman in act of throwing a puppy Baby's head. A cow head and a horse head Two baby heads. Head of a baby. Small figure studies Over & over down she rolls on top of the dog who squeals & scholds [sic].
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Title and statement of responsibility area

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Black-bound sketchbook "C"

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  • graphic material

Parallel title

Bushey Art Colony

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Emily Carr

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  • Attributions and conjectures: The title is based on National Museums of Canada description.
  • Parallel titles and other title information: The parallel title also created by the National Museums of Canada. Carr does not title or date this sketchbook.
  • Statements of responsibility: The sketches in this book are all by Carr's hand.

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PDP06128

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  • 1902 - 1904 (Creation)

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Physical description

1 sketchbook: graphite, ink and watercolour on paper; 22.7 cm x 17.7 cm

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Name of creator

Carr, Emily
(1871-1945)

Custodial history

Received by bequest from Carr to her literary executor and friend, Ira Dilworth. This sketchbook along with other sketchbooks, drawings, watercolours, textual materials and books was housed in Carr's old steamer trunk.
When Dilworth died he bequeathed this material to his two adopted daughters (and nieces), Phylis Inglis and Edna Parnall who divided the material between themselves.
This item is among the materials that came via descent from Carr to Phylis Inglis.
The Inglis collection consists of Emily Carr art and papers purchased from Phylis Dilworth Inglis by the National Museums of Canada in 1976 and presented to the Provincial Archives of British Columbia in 1985.

Scope and content

One sketchbook with 21 drawings by Emily Carr. The drawings include figure studies, cartoon drawings and document activities in 1902 at art school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. They do not include her 1901 sojourn in Bushey. Some cartoon sketches may convey domestic incidents while boarding in private homes and include incidents concerning her landladies. One sequence appears to date from after her return to Victoria, 1904. There are also a number of poems written by Carr, notes and text that provide context for these and other sketches in the Carr fonds. The sketches include cartoon drafts for other finished works.

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Physical condition

This sketchbook has largely been dismantled over the years with pages removed, torn or cut out. The binding is almost gone, and it is very friable. Handling is restricted to staff.

Immediate source of acquisition

Received from the National Museums of Canada, 1985.

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Sketchbook PDP06128 includes PDP06129 through PDP06148 and PDP05727.

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MS-2181 comprises the textual and published material from 85-158, the accession number of the transfer from the National Museums of Canada.

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Archives code(s): PDP06128.

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Accession number(s): 198607-001

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This book itself has not been exhibited because of its friable condition.

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With further research it may be possible to forensically (or intellectually) reunite pages that have been removed and exist as separate items.

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  • Box: PDP06128