[Abel Chapman's Sudan sketchbooks]

Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929, artist · 1913 · 32 pictures

A 1913 sketchbook of pencil studies by the hunter and naturalist Abel Chapman, made during his travels in Sudan and held by the Smithsonian Libraries. The pages are loose, fast field drawings of antelope, birds and a bustard, with handwritten notes and blue crosses marking finished studies. A designer could take from them the economy of quick gesture drawing, showing animals in motion and form with only a few confident contour lines and light shading.

Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929 -- Travel -- Sudan · Natural history -- Sudan -- Pictorial works · Animals -- Sudan -- Pictorial works · Birds -- Sudan -- Pictorial works · Sudan -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works

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