Hornblower, Seasons 2 - 8: John Mollo's personal sketch book Notes & Sketches 10, a custom bound volume containing important and detailed concept sketches and costume designs for many of the characters from the highly successful ITV television series...

ITV / Granada, October 1999 - June 2010,

ITV / Granada, October 1999 - June 2010,
John Mollo's personal handwritten costume design manuscript and diary which includes character designs, artwork, meeting notes and budgets, used for the design and production of Seasons 2 to 8 of the television series Hornblower II (ITV) starring Ioan Gruffudd, David Warner and Cherie Lunghi; as well as detailed and broken down sketches and workings for a number of military uniforms, the majority in black ink, the art book contains 450 pages, key costume design pages include;

Page 17 - Depicting three well-finished sketches of costumes potentially for 'Captain Sawyer', 'Hornblower' and 'Kennedy', one complete with tricorn hat, page heavily annotated.
Pages 19-23 - More sketches of various military costumes for an array of characters from the production.
Page 30 - Depicts an annotated costume sketch for 'Pellew - Rear Admiral'.
Pages 40-41 - Notes on stunt costumes, and which scenes will mean costume get wet, dirty, or fake blood on them.
Page 48 - A comprehensive page for making a Royal Marine jacket from c.1802, including a shopping list for Angels Costumier's reading; 50 jackets = 600 yards of lace, 900 large buttons, 600 small buttons, red cloth, blue cloth and wool.
Page 89 - Features a highly finished drawing for a Royal Marine satchel and other parts of costumes.
Page 183 - Features a list of medals from the 'Medals Sale' at Bonhams 9th April 2002.

Pages 344-346 - Dozens of designs for a logo for 'John Mollo Costume Designer', where Mollo has played with multiple fonts, layouts, shapes, and titles, all in pen and ink and in Mollo's hand. Some featuring drawings of 'Darth Vader' and 'Stormtrooper' helmets from Star Wars, some also mentioning Alien, accompanied by computerised versions, printed and affixed to the page.

Also included in this volume are additional workings for books, commercials, and other professional and personal projects during this time frame, the art book measures 14.25in x 9.5in (36cm x 24cm)

Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C.S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character 'Horatio Hornblower', a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Provenance:
From The John Mollo Archive