Emma's Sketchbook: Scenes of Nottinghamshire Life in the 1840s

Edited by Richard A. Gaunt

The pencil, pen and watercolour sketches of Emma Wilmot (1820 – 1898) cover such diverse subjects as architecture, nature, animals and rural life.  Together, they offer an evocative insight into Nottinghamshire during the early-Victorian period.  This book reproduces over fifty of the drawings for the first time and places Emma’s life and interests in their historical context.

Emma Wilmot was wife to the Duke of Newcastle's agent, Edward Woollett Wilmot.  During Edward's time as the Duke's agent (1838 - 1848), the couple resided at Sparken House in Worksop and Emma sketched many places around the Worksop area including Worksop Manor and Worksop Priory.  Other well-known local scenes reproduced in the book include Clumber, Welbeck, Creswell Crags and Hardwick Hall.

Paperback

78 pages

Illustrated B/W and Colour

isbn 978-0902751743