A number of sketchbooks once used by John William Waterhouse are now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London. They were donated to the museum in 1949 by Dr. John Physick, and can be viewed today in the V & A Print Room.
The Times, 11th August 2000.
Letter to the Editor
Taking Old Masters at face value
Dr John Physick
Sir,
In 1949, I gave to the Victoria and Albert Museum several sketchbooks by my father's uncle, John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). The Keeper of the Print Room, James Laver, told me that they were then practically valueless but in 30 years' time they would be worth a lot of money. He was right. Lord Lloyd-Webber paid Pounds 6.6 million for Waterhouse's St Cecilia at Christie's in June.
Yours faithfully,
JOHN PHYSICK,
August 4.
Drawings
The sketches below come from a Waterhouse sketchbook formerly in the Dr. John Physick collection. These sketches, and others from the same sketchbook, were offered for sale at Christie's on 17th November 2005.
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