Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915) & Sientje Mesdag- van Houten (1834-1909)

A sketchbook with drawings in pencil and charcoal. Unsigned. Number of sheets: 53. Number of drawings: 39. Circa 1893-1895 (annotation in the back reads 8 Sept. '95, first drawing dated Nunspeet '93). Largely landscapes and farms, some with annotation (Gortel, Kienschulp, Frussel, Nunspeet, Udel, Udelermeer, Huttendorp). Some figure studies, mostly women. Provenance: private collection Johanna Behrend-Croiset van der Kop and Max Behrend; thence by descent.

Afmeting: 13 x 21 cm.