Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Afterglow; salmon tint, No. 1, 6.50; No. 2, 7.10; No. 3, 7.20’, dated September 5th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with four mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow with rays, No. 2, 7.40; No. 3, 7.45’, dated September 11th, and one titled ‘Afterglow, 7.40; 9.30 to 9.45’, dated September 13th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1886 Four sky sketches by William Ascroft 1886
Board with ten mounted sketches, titled ‘Eclipse of the moon; absence of ‘coppery’ tint in shadow; disc invisible at totality. The distance of the halo, Nos. 7 and 8 is very peculiar’, dated October 4th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, including seven titled ‘Sunset; afterglow; flush of salmon tint, No. 3, 7.40; No. 4, 7.50; No. 5, 8 o’clock; No. 6, 8.5; No. 7, 8.15; rich glow at horizon’, dated August 15th, and one untitled, dated August 16th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow; salmon tint, No. 4, 8.50; No. 5, 9 o’clock; No. 6, 9.10; No.7, 9.15; No. 8, 9.20’, dated June 27th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with four mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 8.15; No. 3, 8.30; No. 4, 9 o’clock’, dated July 12th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1886 Four sky sketches by William Ascroft 1886
Board with nine mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Sunset with bright light above; afterglow with rays, No. 2, 7.50 to 8 o’clock; No 3, 8.5’ dated August 5th, and six titled ‘Sunset; “ring” strongly defined; afterglow, No. 5, 7.40; No. 6, 7.40 to 7.55’, dated August 14th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with ten mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 8.30 to 8.45; No. 2, 8.45 to 9 o’clock’, dated July 12th, and six titled ‘Sunset; very little light on clouds; rich glow; afterglow, No. 3. Gradual return of rich colour on clouds at sunset’, dated July 14th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 3, 6.30; No. 4, 6.40; No. 5, 6.45’, dated September 11th, and one titled ‘Afterglow with rose flush’, dated September 11th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. The two mounted sketches titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 3, 6.30; No. 4, 6.40; No. 5, 6.45’ were originally recorded as part of a set of five numbered ‘55’ in the 1888 ‘Catalogue of Sky Sketches’ published for the exhibition at the South Kensington Museum [see attached media for 1888-156: DOC_1888-0156_1888 SKY SKETCHES EXHIBITION CATALOGUE], the other three are now part of 1888-156/55. The mounted sketch titled ‘Afterglow with rose flush’ was originally numbered as ‘56’ in the same catalogue. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with ten mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 4, 8 o’clock’, dated May 9th, and six titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 4, 8.20, dated May 23rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Sunset; sustained light; No. 3, 9 o’clock; No. 4, at midnight’, dated July 8th, and 5 titled ‘Sunset, rays after, No. 1, 8.20; No. 4, 9 o’clock; No. 5, 9.45’ light unusually prolonged’, dated July 11th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 1, 6.35; No. 2, 6.45, No. 3, 6.50’, dated September 15th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset with strong concentrated light, No. 2, 5.30’, dated October 16th, and one titled ‘Afterglow’, dated November, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Afterglow, salmon tint, flush, No. 1, 8.30; No. 2, 8.45; No. 3, 9.10; No. 4, 9.40’, dated July 15th (?), and five titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 7 o’clock; No. 3, 7.15; No. 4, 7.30; No. 5, 7.45’, dated August, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow with rays, No. 2, 5.20; No. 3, 5.30; No. 4, 5.45; No. 5, 6 o’clock; No. 6, 6.15’, dated October 8th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. These three mounted sketches are paired with the three mounted sketches on 1888-156/59. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including one titled ‘Afterglow, 5.40’, dated February 13th, five titled ‘Opalescent sunset and afterglow, No. 4, 5.40; No.5, 5.45’, dated February 18th, and two titled ‘After sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 5.40’, dated February 21st, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with ten mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 4.10 to 15; No. 2, 4.25’, dated December 15th 1884, four titled ‘Opalescent sunset, No. 3, 4.15; No. 4, 4.20; faint “ring” at sunset’, dated December 17th 1884, and four titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 3, 4.20; No. 4, 4.30’, dated January 6th 1885, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884-1885 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884-1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset; pink haze’, dated June 13th, and seven titled ‘Sunset and afterglow at No. 4; exceptional; suffusion of rich colour on sun emerging from cloud’, dated June 16th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 3, 6.30; No. 4, 6.40; No. 5, 6.45’, dated September 11th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. These three mounted sketches were recorded as part of a set of five in the 1888 ‘Catalogue of Sky Sketches’ published for the exhibition at the South Kensington Museum [see attached media for 1888-156: DOC_1888-0156_1888 SKY SKETCHES EXHIBITION CATALOGUE], the other two are now part of 1888-156/56. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Sunset opalescent’, dated October 17th, and four titled ‘Sunset; light very bright with “ring”; afterglow with rays, No. 1, 4.45; No. 2, 5 o’clock; No. 3, 5.15; No. 4, 5.35’, dated October 26th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with ten mounted sketches, including six titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 5, 8.45; No. 6, 9.5 to 15, dated May 27th, and four titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 4, 8.20; No. 5, 8.25; No. 6, 9 o’ clock’, dated June 3rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and crimson afterglow, No. 3, 4.45; No. 4, 4.15, No.5, 4.25; No. 6, 4.30; No. 7, 4.40; No. 8, 4.45’, dated December 9th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including seven titled ‘Sunset; the “ring” strongly defined; afterglow with rose flush’, dated July 7th, and two titled ‘After sunset and afterglow’, dated July 9th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Afterglow with rose flush’, dated February 2nd, and six titled ‘Sunset and amber afterglow, No. 2, 5 o’clock to 5.15; No. 3, 5.15 to 25; No. 4, 5.25 to 30; No. 5, 5.40; No.6, 5.45’, dated February 7th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with nine mounted sketches, including seven titled ‘Opalescent sunset and afterglow, No. 1, 5 o’clock; No. 2, 5.10; No. 3, 5.10 to 20; No. 4, 5.20 to 25; No. 5, 5.30 with rays; No. 6, 5.35’, dated October 15th, and two titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 5.10; No. 2, 5.30’, dated October 30th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1883 1884
Board with seven mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset, defined “ring”; light much prolonged, No. 4, 9 o’clock; No. 5, 9.20, No. 6, 9.35 to 10 o’clock; No. 7, 10.30 to 11 o’clock, dated July 6th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Seven sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Afterglow at No. 2’, dated January 11th, four titled ‘Afterglow; star showing through’, dated January 12th, and one titled ‘Afterglow’, dated January 23rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with ten mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Afterglow; greenish clouds; rose flush’, dated January 24th, and six titled ‘Opalescent at sunset; afterglow at No. 4; rose flush; greenish moon’, dated February 1st, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with four mounted sketches, including: One titled ‘Pink in field of sky under the sun, 12.30; light on clouds from contrast greenish grey (No. 1)’, dated February 21st 1884; One titled ‘Suffused pink under sun, 11.30 (No. 2)’, dated October 27th 1884; One titled ‘Not so pink, 11.30 (No. 3)’, dated October 1st 1885, and one titled ‘Same condition under sun, 3.30; warm grey (No. 4), dated May 27th 1886, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884-1886 Four sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884-1886
Board with nine mounted sketches, including four titled ‘Absence of rich light on clouds; ochreish “ring”; later, rose tinted’, dated June 23rd, and five titled ‘After sunset; rose flush, No. 1, 8.40; No. 2, 8.55; No. 3, 9.5; No. 4, 9.10’, dated June 25th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘After sunset, No. 2, 6.15; No. 3, 6.30’, dated September 21st, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, with rays, No. 1, 6.15, shows “Bishop’s ring” larger; it decreased in size, as usual, while the sun went down’, dated September 2nd, three titled ‘Sunset and faint afterglow, No. 3, 7.10’, dated September 4th, and two titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 6.45; No. 2, 7 o’clock’, dated September 5th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884. There is one additional sketch which is unidentified and missing from the original 1888 ‘Catalogue of Sky Sketches’ published for the exhibition at the South Kensington Museum [see attached media for 1888-156: DOC_1888-0156_1888 SKY SKETCHES EXHIBITION CATALOGUE]. Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with nine mounted sketches, including six titled ‘Sunset and afterglow; flush of salmon tint, No. 4, 8.35; No. 5, 8.45; No. 6, 8.50; “ring” well defined, dated June 4th, one titled ‘Afterglow’, dated June 18th, and two titled ‘Afterglow, crimson, 8.45’, dated June 20th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including six titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 4, 7.35; No. 5, 7.45’, dated August 19th, and three titled ‘Gradual return of rich colour on clouds at sunset’, dated August 25th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with nine mounted sketches, including six titled ‘Concentration of light at sunset; flush of salmon tint, after, rose flush; rays, No. 3, 6.40; No. 4, 6.50 to 7 o’clock’, dated September 9th, and three titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 1, 5.40; No. 2, 6 o’clock; No. 3, 6.45’, dated October 3rd, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including six titled ‘Cloudy sunset; No. 4, 8.30; No. 5, 8.45; No. 6, 9.15’, dated July 15th, and three titled ‘Sunset and afterglow at No. 3, 8.25’, dated July 24th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, including four titled ‘After sunset; concentration of light with ochreish “ring”; very rich colour at horizon’, dated August 16th, and four titled ‘After sunset and afterglow; No. 2, 7.30 with rays’, dated August 18th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Opalescent sunset and afterglow with flush of salmon tint, No. 1, 6.50; No. 2, 7.10; No. 3, 7.25’, dated August 29th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow with rays, No. 2, 5.20; No. 3, 5.30; No. 4, 5.45; No. 5, 6 o’clock; No. 6, 6.15’, dated October 8th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. These three mounted sketches are paired with the three mounted sketches on 1888-156/60. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with nine mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Sunset and afterglow’, dated May 20th, four titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 3, 8.15; No. 4, 8.30’, dated May 24th, and three titled ‘Sunset; rich glow at horizon’, dated May 26th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with eight mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 5, 6.20; No. 6, 6.30; No. 7, 6.40; No. 8, 7 o’clock’, dated March 20th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including two titled ‘Afterglow and rose flush’, dated February 23rd, and six titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, commencing at No.4’, dated March 5th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with three mounted sketches, titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 3, 4.30; No. 4, 4.45; No. 5, 5.50; No. 6, 6 o’clock’, dated November 5th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1885. These three mounted sketches are paired with the three mounted sketches on 1888-156/62. Three sky sketches by William Ascroft 1885
Board with eight mounted sketches, including three titled ‘Afterglow, No. 2, 9 o’clock; No. 3, 9.45 to 10 o’clock; prolonged light’, dated June 1st, two titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 8.30’, dated June 15th, and three titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 9 o’clock; No. 3, 9.45 to 10 o’clock; sustained light’, dated June 16th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1886 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1886
Board with eight mounted sketches, including one titled ‘Afterglow, 6.45’, dated September 11th, two titled ‘Afterglow, No. 1, 6.20 to 30; No. 2, 6.35, dated September 18th, two titled ‘Sunset and afterglow, No. 2, 6.20 to 30’, dated September 20th and three titled ‘After sunset and afterglow’, dated September 22nd,by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884
Board with ten mounted sketches, including one titled ‘Afterglow with rose flush’, dated March 10th, four titled ‘Afterglow at No. 3; absence of rich colour on clouds at sunset; gradual development of Bishop’s Ring’, dated March 14th, and five titled ‘Opalescent sunset and afterglow with rose flush’, dated March 20th, by William Ascroft, London, England, 1884 Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft 1884