Volume of drawings and engravings of churches, monuments and brasses in Berkshire and Oxford city
Volume of drawings and engravings of churches, monuments and brasses in Berkshire and (fols. 375-505) Oxford city, with a few notes, collected by James Hunt, early 19th century. Most of the drawings are by Hunt and Henry Hinton; twelve (fols. 103, 169v, 214, 247, 305, 363, 368, 371, 395, 433) are by J. C. Buckler, 1818, n.d..
Dates
- Creation: early 19th century
Extent
505 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. gen. b. 64, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. gen. b. 64
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17831
Abstract
Volume of drawings and engravings of churches, monuments and brasses in Berkshire and Oxford city, early 19th century.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Hinton (bap.1749-1816) was am English ironmonger and antiquary.
James Hunt (1795–1857) was an English druggist, chemist and antiquary.
John Chessell Buckler (1793–1894) was an English artist and architect
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 54109.
Custodial History
Phillipps MS. 23231.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 26 June 1974, lot 2999.
Physical Facet
Half calf, marbled boards, labelled 'Collections for Barkshire' on upper cover and 'Amusements on the road of life' on lower.
- Title
- Volume of drawings and engravings of churches, monuments and brasses in Berkshire and Oxford city
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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