Watermark: J. Whatman & W. Balston 1814 (see Heawood 3457-64).
Contains 16 drawings (1 by Reutern) and 1 paper cut-out, on 35 leaves (19 of them blank).
One watercolor drawing is mounted on one of the sketchbook leaves; another of the leaves, a watercolor drawing of a standing girl in a black dress and bonnet, was executed by Gerhardt Eilehlm von Reutern, and signed with his monogram, dated, and inscribed by him.
The subjects of the drawings by Grimm include a number of pages with portraits executed in pencil, landscapes executed in pencil or pen and brown or black ink, figural composition executed in watercolor and various other media.
Reutern, Gerhardt Wilhelm von, 1794-1865.
Waite, C. B., former owner.
Wightman, Julia P. (Julia Parker), 1909-1994 donor.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 196.