The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE  19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Clinton, Louisa M.                             

Title:               Drawings

Dates:             1824-1840

Call No.:         Col. 286         

Acc. No.:        80x237

Quantity:        26 items

Location:        3 B 5

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

A manila folder that accompanied these drawings was marked, "Louisa M. Clinton Library, granddaughter of Gen. Clinton; her teacher was the art teacher Victoria."  It also bears the words, "18 Interiors, ca. 1832, Dalkeith and Ardock."  Louisa M. Clinton may have been the amateur artist who created some of these drawings.  There were two English generals named Henry Clinton, father and son, one active in the American Revolution and the other in the Napoleonic wars.  Five of the illustrations, dated 1824, are identified as "by MMM."  A couple are signed with the initial D. 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

The collection consists of twenty sheets of drawings of room interiors in pencil, pen and ink, and sepia, five miniature watercolor portraits, and one miniature landscape.  The drawings feature details of furniture and furnishings as well as architectural detail.  A particular emphasis was placed on depicting paintings hanging on the walls.  Lighting equipment, musical instruments, draperies, and other decorative objects are also depicted.  The scenes show Scottish country homes, including Bothwell Castle (home of the Earl of Home and the Douglas-Home family) and Dalkeith Palace (home of the Duke of Buccleuch and the Montagu Douglas Scott family), their decorations, and the cultural life therein.  Some of the sketches are labeled on the back, but the handwriting is sometimes difficult to read.  It is not known for certain who created these drawings.

  

 

ORGANIZATION

           

The drawings are in accession number order.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

 

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Charles B. Wood.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            People:

                        Douglas Home family.

                        Montague family.

 

Topics:

            Bothwell Castle.

            Dalkeith Palace (Dalkeith, Scotland)

            Art, Amateur.

            Dwellings - Scotland.

Furniture - Drawings.

House furnishings - Drawings.

            Interior decoration.

            Interior walls.

Room layout (Dwellings)

Scotland - Pictorial works.

            Watercolor painting.

            Drawings.

            Watercolors.

 

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 3 B 5

 

 

Note: all accession numbers begin with 80x237

 

.1         Interior view of a room featuring a dressing table in front of a window, in pen and ink.  Trees are sketched in outside the window in pencil. 

            The paper bears the watermark of Fellows.

 

.2         labeled on back: “Room at Bothwell where Lady May Kent[? kept?] [illegible], room before she married.  August 1824 by MMM.”  

            Also on back: pencil sketch of a table. 

            Sitting room, with fireplace to left, Pembroke table and chairs between fireplace and window on right, washstand to right of window; two portraits hang on the wall; through window one sees a part of Bothwell Castle;

            Paper watermarked: J Whatman/Turkey Mill

 

.3         labeled on back: “Sept. 28th 1824, View of drawing room, B.C., by MMM” 

            [B.C. probably means Bothwell Castle]

            View of a drawing room featuring furniture, portraits, and a chandelier, with houseplants near window.  Bric-a-brac on mantel.

 

.4         labeled on back: “October 1st, 1824, View of drawing room, B.C., by MMM” 

            [B.C. probably means Bothwell Castle]

            View of corner drawing room, with harp (draped with dust cover), organ, a pianoforte, music stand, plus chairs and tables, portraits on wall

            The paper bears the watermark J. Whatman, 1818.

 

.5         labeled on back: “View of Dining room, B.C.  October 9th, 1824.  by MMM.”

            Dining room table is covered with a table cloth, but no dishes are on the table.  Chairs and another small round table are off to one side, in front of large window.  Several portraits on the walls.

 

.6         labeled on back: “View of Gallery, Dalkeith - October 15th, 1824.  by MMM”

            Room with sofa, chairs, table, cabinet, and a number of paintings, many being portraits, on the wall, depicted in varying detail.  Small statues stand on a table and vases on top of the cabinet.

 

.7-.12   Watercolor miniatures, probably replicas of paintings on the walls of the rooms. 

            .7         labeled on back: Ly. [Lady] Harriet Montague copied by [illegible] Hope from a picture in Library at Dalkeith”; depicts young woman with a dog, in dress of late 18th century

            .8         portrait of a lady in Medieval or Renaissance dress

            .9         landscape with mountains

            .10       portrait of a girl wearing cape and holding a muff, with a dog; the same as a pencil sketch of one of the paintings in .6.

            .11       portrait of a boy with a dog, in 17th century costume

            .12       picture of a girl from the back

 

.13       labeled on back: “from a drawing of Mrs. Scott’s of the drawing room at Ardock, 1830.”

            Drawing room, with round center table, chairs, lamp on table, chandelier, fire in fireplace lights the scene, including two small dogs

 

.14       labeled on back: “from a drawing by Mrs. Scott of the drawing room at Ardock, 1830.” The same room as above, but from the opposite side and light by daylight; center table has several books on it but not the lamp; harp and pianoforte are in one corner, tables and chairs are placed around the room; mirror over fireplace, but no art on walls

 

.15       labeled on back: “No. 3 - taken from the Chair, on the Fireplace proper left, in which Ly [Lady] Douglas is represented sitting in No. 1. – it represents Ly [Lady] Home knitting in obscurity. – Ly Douglas working at Penelope's web and the Earl of Haddington's back part as seen March[? word is smeared] the 30th, 1833.”

            Library (bookshelves along the walls), with two ladies and the back of a gentleman; Lady Home is to the right, knitting, partially hidden by a screen, and wearing a large headdress; Lady Douglas is to the left, and Lord Haddington leans on the table.  Painting is signed D 1833.

            [Thomas, 9th Earl of Haddington, lived 1780-1858, succeeded to title in 1828]

 

.16       Woman seated in a chair near fireplace, and dog lying on the floor at her feet, probably in the same room as above (bookshelves line the walls).  Signed D, and done in the 1830s (based on the lady’s dress)

 

.17       labeled on back: “No. 2 - taken from a very low Arm Chair, from which No. 1 was taken, on the Fireplace's proper right.  It represents Ld [Lord] Home in a literary & convivial point of view, towards ten o' Clock at night.  March 30, 1833.”

            View of library (bookshelves line the walls), with gentleman at round table covered with a tablecloth, chairs and other tables around the room, and a chandelier hangs from ceiling

 

.18       labeled on back: “Ly Home's Sitting Room, April 3d, 1833”;

            illustration shows two women, one of whom is reading; bird in a cage and planter in front of window; many small pictures on walls.

 

.19       labeled on back: “For Lady Ness--being the interior of Figgety [illegible] & view from it – the first [illegible] of the Pan[illegible]. May 29th & 30th, 1834.”

            Woman sits at a desk in corner of room, with book shelves on one wall, tables and chairs, bureau, large mirror, some paintings on wall

 

.20       labeled on back: “Lucy's room. June, 1834. D.  Given to Jane C. Montagu at Beaulieu, Augst. 2d, 1834”

            Same view as in .19, but more finished (that is, less sketchy)

 

.21       labeled on front: “Pigwig[?] seated on the arm of the Settee looking out of the Window. -  at the Scone Inn, Grantham.  Sep. 20, 1834.”

            Depicts a woman as described above;

            Paper watermarked Wilmot

 

.22       labeled on front: “Figgety at dinner.  June 23d, 1835.”

            Woman sitting on daybed eating dinner from a tray, with male roly-poly figure also on table; canopied bed in background

 

.23       labeled on front: “Writing to Mrs. Gin Pye, with legs crossed & at a loss for an idea.”

            Addressed on back: Honble. Miss Montagu

            Woman seated at a table, writing a letter, with candlesticks on table

 

.24       Pencil sketch showing an interior scene featuring a bureau, chairs, tables, and a book case, with pictures on the walls;

            On back: rough sketches of trees and other objects

            Paper watermarked J Morbey & Co/ 1833

 

.25       pen and pencil sketch of an interior featuring chair, table, part of a window, mirror, paintings, and a fireplace.  No figures appear in the paintings, but most are labeled to indicate the subject.

            On back: pen sketch of another room, or a different wall of the room above, depicts book shelves, settee, bureau, paintings, door

            Paper watermarked G Yeeles

 

.26       labeled on back: “Mrs. Smith's room-- Last morning at breakfast, 1840.”

            Room with chairs, tables, chest against the walls, and a couple of pictures on walls; notes on the front give additional details about the scene, such as: "More space between top of cabinet and prints there."  "Small green box; basket with knitting; gilt ornament like top[?] of old looking glass”; etc.