4 sketchbooks (approximately 150 leaves of drawings) ; sketchbooks 18 cm. Pencil sketches of wildlife and local scenery created by Abel Chapman during his travels in Sudan in 1913, 1914, and 1919. In some cases the sketches include captions describing the place and date when the subject was seen, as well as brief notes on colors, posture and other characteristic features. Each sketchbook has a handwritten label on its front cover: [1]. Sudan ii (dated Feb. 10, 1913 inside front cover); [2]. Sudan 1913-4, vol. i ("begin Nov. 20, 1913, finish Jan. 29, 1914" inscribed inside front cover); [3]. Sudan, 1913-4, vol. ii (dated Feb. 2, 1914 inside front cover); and [4]. Sudan, 1919 (dated Febr[uar]y 1919 inside front cover). Many of the sketches were used as the basis for the illustrations in: Savage Sudan: its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life / Abel Chapman. London : Gurney and Jackson, 1921.
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artist Abel Chapman</div>
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