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BROWNELL, Charles de Wolf (1822-1909). December 1885 and October-November 1888. Oblong 8vo., (7 x 10 4/8 inches). Oblong 8vo., (7 x 10 4/8 inches). Fine pen and ink and watercolour drawing of the islands of the Caribbean and the northern coastline of Brazil as frontispiece, 46 fine full-page and double-page pencil drawings of coastal views of the islands of the Caribbean, each captioned and dated by the artist (some light spotting). Maroon roan backed maroon cloth sketchbook, inscribed by Brownell on the front paste-down (head of spine a bit worn with some loss, rubbed). "Brownell a landscape and still-life artist born in Providence, Rhode Island ""sketched and painted some of the most distinctive scenery of any American artist,... he had a natural scientist's curiosity for the minute details of nature, and made voluminous sketches in both pencil and watercolor of specific nature studies as well as more complete landscape compositions. He kept meticulously detailed notes of his surroundings, both as inscriptions on individual sketches as well as in a series of picture diaries [as here]. Brownell's pictures broadly follow the style of the Hudson River School; he painted many oils and watercolours of the same New England views popular with other landscape artists of the time, as well as subjects drawn from the vicinities of his family's properties in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Brownell's most significant contribution to American landscape painting, however is his body of landscapes of the island of Cuba, which he first visited in 1853... Free from financial worries, Brownell traveled extensively throughout his life, and seems never to have stopped sketching. In all his works, there is a strong sense of place, of a particular location sensitively recorded at a specific moment in time. Brownell's sketches are souvenirs of the many places he visited. They were intended as such; each is annotated careful in clear script, with date and location generally recorded along with vantage point, common and botanical names of plants, and other relevant information. Brownell kept these sketches to remind himself of precisely what he saw at various times and places as, in effect, a visual diary that could rekindle his memory. Bound by the artist into books, these sketches were kept in his possession until his death"" (Zachary D. Ross ""Charles de Wolf Brownell: A Decade of Travel, 1856-66"" pages 5-6). The sketches in this volume are of: Frederickstadt, Santa Cruz - Dec.12.1885; St. Kitts' - from the Roadstead at Basseterre - Monkey Hill - Dec.14.1885; Nevis - from Ship, at Basseterre, St. Kitts - Dec.14.1885; Leeward Coast of Dominica - Dec.15.1885; Martinique W.Shore Dec.16.1885 Dominica Dec.15.1885; Leeward Side of Dominica Roseau? Dec.15.1885; Leeward Coast of Dominica Dec.15.1885; Mt. Peter St. Pierre Martinique Dec.15.1885; Martinique - near the S. End Dec.16.1885 S. End of Martinique Diamond Rock 500 ft high. Dec.16.85; St. George - Grenada Dec.18.1885; Head of the Harbor, St. George. Grenada Dec .18; Approach from the North to the Town of St. George, Grenada Dec.18.1885; At Georgetown, Demarara - Dec.23.1885; Grenada from S.W. Dec 18.1885; Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad- Dec.19.1885; Trinidad Puerto de Espana Dec.19.1885; North Shore of Trinidad- Dec.19.1885; Entrance to the Gulf of Paria - Monos Passage - Las Boras - The Dragon's Mouth - From Northward Dec.19.1885; Diamond rock (500ft) - S. End of Martinique Dec.27.1885; Mont Pelee, Martinique Dec.27.1885; A Little S. of St. Pierre - Martinique Dec.27.1885; St. Pierre, Martinique - from the N.W. Dec.27.1885; Summit of Mt. Pele, Martinique Dec.27.85; Mt. Pele from the West Martinique Dec.27.85; Cayon and Mt. Misery - E. Side of St. Kitts' Dec.29.1885; Mt. Pele from N.W. 1885.Dec.27; St. Johns - Antigua - Dec.28; S.End & E. Shore of St. Kitts - Nevis beyond - Dec.29.1885; (From the N.) Sail Rock (125 ft) - Virgin Passage Dec.30.1885; Basseterre. St. Kitts Dec.29; Mt. Misery, St. Kitts - from the West 1885 - Dec.29.; Brimstone Hill. Mt. Misery, St. Kitts, from N.W. Dec.29.1885; Head of Harbor - St. George - Granada Oct.23.1888; Savana - Sail Rock (125ft), Virgin Passage - S. of St. Thomas - Charlotte & Amelia Dec.30.1885; Guadeloupe - from Porte a Prince west Oct.19.1888; North End of Dominica Oct.20.1888; Roseau, Dominica Oct.20.1888; The ""Pitons"", of St. Lucia, from the N. Oct. 20. 1888; The Pitons of St. Lucia - by moonlight Oct.20.1888; The Pitons of St. Lucia - by moonlight Oct.20.1888; Kingston Harbor of St. Vincent - Oct.21.1888; Basse Terre S. End of Guadeloupe- Nov.4.1888; The Great Souffriere hid by clouds - Basseterre, Guadeloupe: wind strong S.W. (unusual) - too rough to land. Nov.4.1888; Montserrat Nov.4.1888; Montserrat Nov.4.1888; Montserrat Nov.4.1888; St. Kitts, from S.W. Brimstone Hill Nov. 5 1888. "