Improved Sketching Easel.
Year: 1899

page_text: HARRY WILLIAM ROBERTS, Kingston House, Newmarket, Architect, do hereby.
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At
The invention consists of a rod or support of hard wood, steel bras aluminium
or the like, about 4ft. Gin. long, connected at top with two bands or straps of
webbing leather or the like which fasten round the waist of the artist. At the
junction of rod and bands is a clip for holding the top part of drawing board,
the bottom is held up by a band joined to the two bands described before.
the bottom of the drawing board is screwed a piece of wood or the like about
3" x 6"x" thick holding the drawing board sufficiently far enough away from
the artist to admit of easily and conveniently working on any part of the draw-
ingboard. The easel can also be used when sitting down by placing the bottom
of the board on the knees and placing the 'support at a more acute angle with
the ground. The support can be jointed in one or more places to reduce the
length for carrying about.
Dated this 14th day of November 1899.
HARRY WILLIAM ROBERTS.
Improved Sketching Easel.
HARRY WILLIAM ROBERTS, Kingston House, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire,
Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
The invention consists of an easel formed by two light boards, the bottom one
shaped to the body and resting on bands of string, webbing, cord or the like
fastened round the waist and fixed to an upright rod in front, and the upper
board fixed or suspended at a higher point on the rod and leaving the bottom.
edge moving freely backwards and forwards, the bottom board may have as in
this example a shallow box or case to hold sketches colour box pencils etc.
supporting rod may be jointed and composed of wood metal or the like.
The
The easel can be used either standing or sitting. I will now more particu-
larly describe the invention by means of the drawings: Figure 1 shews the
easel as used for work the bottom board is marked A it is shaped at the ends
for fitting against the body in a firm manner the ends B & C are varied in form.
The top board is marked D and is attached to the upright supporting rod by a
string loop at E, a screw eye on the rod at F hinders the bottom board from

page_text: getting out of place. The supporting rod is shewn at H, and parts of the cord
are shewn at G, G.
In Figure 2, F shews the screw eye for keeping the bottom board in place.
H shews the supporting rod and G G G shew the cord connected to the supporting
rod and then interlaced as shewn and after passing round the waist of the wearer
connected with a loop and button as shewn at K.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. An easel formed by a board shaped to the body and resting on webbing
string or the like attached to an upright rod and fastened round the body.
2. An easel as above with a second board attached to the rod at a higher
level allowing free movement of the bottom edge of the top board.
3. An easel as substantially described and illustrated herein.
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Aroust 1000
HARRY WILLIAM ROBERTS.