A.G. Bradley Field Sketches 1875-1885

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

A.G. Bradley Field Sketches, 1875-1885, Accession # , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

A.G. Bradley Field Sketches, 1875-1885, Accession # , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of ink drawings, "Field Sketches," 1875 and 1880-1885, of Virginia scenes by Arthur Granville Bradley (1850-1943), artist and author of Sketches from old Virginia (1897), as well as other books concerning scenes and places in Great Britain. The sketches include drawings of the heads and figures of several men (1875 Dec 25); a close-up view of a tombstones in a graveyard (1875); "Trouting on the Blue Ridge," on the Tye River, Nelson County, Virginia (1880 June); the Peaks of Otter (1880); "A Negro Sportsman" (1884); and "an old family graveyard" (1885).

Acquisition information:

These sketches were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Jim Presgraves, Bookworm Silverfish, Wytheville, Virginia, on December 1, 1992.

Physical description:

There are 14 pen ink sketches (11 cm and smaller) mounted on 6 cardboard sheets.