Sketch Book of Characters on the Oxford Circuit by W.H. Bellamy
Sketches of around 70 subjects on the Oxford Circuit in 1824 including men and women in the dock or witness box, judges, lawyers and members of the jury. The sketches record the clothes and hairstyles of the time, are half length or head and shoulders, captioned and drawn in pencil with a fixative.
The subjects include a number of 'bumpkins', 'a snob', 'a witness 90 years old', 'a Hobnail', 'a Welshman', 'an old Miner of the Forest of Dean' and a woman described as 'a Match for half a dozen Wigs'. Two of the identified individuals are James Stamp Sutton Cooke, 'the principal actor[?] in the farce of the Stafford Peerage', and 'a descendant of Sir Christ[opher] Wren'.
'Presented to Fra[ncis] Justice of Abbey House [Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire] by W.H. Bellamy' is inscribed inside the front cover.
Dates
- Creation: 1824
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 19827, page 1]
Shelfmark:
MS. 19827
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19827
Abstract
Sketch book of characters on the Oxford Circuit by W.H. Bellamy.
Biographical / Historical
Nothing is known about W.H. Bellamy apart from his address in 1824, inscribed inside the sketch book's front cover: 38 John Street, Bedford Row [London].
Custodial History
The sketch book was sold in 2019 by Mellors and Kirk Auctioneers, Nottingham.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Blackwell's in 2020 with the aid of the Friends of the Bodleian.
- Title
- Catalogue of Sketch Book of Characters on the Oxford Circuit by W.H. Bellamy
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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