shipcarver's sketchbook

Sketchbook by Edbury W. Hatch of shipcarving designs; pencil on heavy paper, 22 leaves; includes one drawing by shipcarver William Southworth under whom Hatch apprenticed; includes drawings of carvings for sternboards, trailboads, billetheads, figureheads, and eagle; from the Collection of M. V. Brewington and illustrated in "Shipcarvers of North America"; handwritten in pencil on cover "Edbury Hatch's Ship Carving Designs/ Gift to M. V. Brewington, Devon, Pa.".