Drawings of Somerton church and of the Fermor family monuments there
Drawings of Somerton church and of the Fermor family monuments there. Of the church three are coloured, one uncoloured: of the monuments all fourteen are finely coloured or tinted. Two are signed 'J. Trotter 1801', fols. 3, 6: one (fol. 4) is by 'E. Williams.'
A pedigree of the Fermor family, 16th cent.-1828, is at fol. v, and a note on the monuments by the rev. Geo. Edw. Barnes, rector of Somerton, Apr. 5, 1900, is at fol. iiiv.
Dates
- Creation: written and painted partly in A.D. 1801
Extent
31 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon b. 1, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon b. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19903
Abstract
Drawings of Somerton church and of the Fermor family monuments there, written and painted partly in A.D. 1801.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 29479.
Custodial History
From the library of mr. F. J. Morrell, who has written a note (Dec. 1874) on fol. iv.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from W. H. Gee on March 26, 1854, for £5.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
19 3/4 × 13 1/4 in.
Subject
- Fermor | family | of Somerton (Family)
- Title
- Drawings of Somerton church and of the Fermor family monuments there
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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