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The structure in question—very sketchable, if the sketcher could get far enough away from it—is an elaborate little dusky façade, overhanging the street, ornamented with panels of stone, which are covered with delicate Renaissance sculpture.

From Hospital Sketches by Peabody, Robert Swain

To the Spanish Vistas of Mr. G. P. Lathrop he contributed innumerable designs, delightful notes of an artist's quest of the sketchable, many of which are singularly full pictures.

From Picture and Text 1893 by James, Henry

It was especially sketchable, and "bits" of it were carried away in many an artist's portfolio.

From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft

He was a nice dog, but not very sketchable.

From The Twins in the South by Whitehill, Dorothy

Siena was eminently sketchable, but he had not been industrious.

From Confidence by James, Henry