Two sculptors' notebooks bound in one volume
Single Item
MS. Eng. misc. f. 383
Held at the Weston Library
Two sculptors' notebooks bound in one volume:
- (fols. 1-73) notes, fragments of accounts, 1692-3, n.d., and sketches of Samuel Watson
- (fols. 74-195) notes and accounts of Henry Watson, 1733, 1737-8, mainly of wages paid to carvers at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks., 1738.
Dates
- Creation: 1692-1738
Extent
195 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. f. 383, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. f. 383
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10350
Abstract
Two sculptors' notebooks bound in one volume
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Watson (1663-1715) was a sculptor and wood carver.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Bookplate of the Bateman family of Middleton Hall, Youlgrave, Derbs., 19th century.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from E. Seligmann, 1964.
Physical Facet
19th-cent. calf
Subject
- Title
- Two sculptors' notebooks bound in one volume
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk