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Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903) Six sketchbooks including studies of animals, figures, costumes and landscapes The first, an album of sketches of animals, figures, costumes and landscapes in a leather binding with leather spine from Charlier-Bézies, Beyrouth, 6 x 9 in. (5.3 x 22.7 cm.), 23 on cream paper and 12 on buff paper, most loose in their binding, the majority pencil, a few with watercolour on paper, some variously inscribed and dated. The second, a sketchbook including sketches of architectural details, animals and landscapes in a beige binding, 5 1/8 x 8 ½ in. (13 x 21.6 cm.), 30 on cream paper, 7 on buff paper, 5 on duck-egg blue paper and 2 on blue paper, the majority pencil, a few with watercolour on paper, some variously inscribed and dated. The third, a sketchbook including sketches of figures and landscapes in a beige cloth binding with leather spine, 5 ¼ x 7 in. (13.4 x 17.8 cm.), 30 on cream paper, pencil on paper, some variously inscribed and dated. The fourth, a sketchbook including sketches of European figures and landscapes in a pink cloth binding, 4 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (11.5 x 18.5 cm.), 22 on cream paper, the majority pencil, a few with watercolour on paper, some variously inscribed and dated. The fifth, a sketchbook including sketches of figures and landscapes in a blue cloth binding, 4 ½ x 7 3/8 in. (11.5 x 18.9 cm.), 20 on cream paper, the majority loose in the binding, the majority pencil, a few with watercolour on paper, some variously inscribed and dated. The sixth, a sketchbook including sketches of animals, figure studies and landscapes in a beige cloth binding, 3 ¼ x 5 ¼ in. (8.3 x 13.3 cm.), 37 on cream paper, 4 on buff paper, 4 on grey paper, 4 on pale green paper and 2 on green paper, the majority pencil, a few with watercolour on paper, some variously inscribed and dated. six in the lot Provenance Anonymous sale; Grogan & Company, Boston, 26 October 1996, lot 97. Anonymous sale; Bonham's, Dubai, 13 May 2010, lot 63. Acquired from the above by a private collector.