Architectural and topographical drawings and sketches, 1800-1868.

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Architectural and topographical drawings and sketches, 1800-1868.

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About 175 drawings, prints and engravings of houses, churches and views in the English counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. The collection includes over 20 drawings and watercolors of the Middle Hill estate, with drawings of the Broadway Tower and a framed uncut proof sheet of 12 lithographically printed bookplates based on this design. Many of the drawings are unsigned; the artists who signed their work include: W. Batt; H.L. Fenwick; G. Hughes; G. May; G. W. Mote and W. H. Wood The sketchbook by his eldest daughter, Henrietta, records houses and views in Worcestershire as well as a few in other counties . There is also a documment relating to his father's purchase of Middle Hill in 1794 and a letter from A. N. L. Munby to the collector Harrison D. Horblit regarding an unspecified drawing.

ca. 175 items ; 50 x 52 cm. and smaller.

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

Butt, W.

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Mote, G. W.

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Horblit, Harrison D.

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Phillipps family.

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Fenwick, H.L.

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Hicks, Baptiste.

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Horblit, Jean Mermin,

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May, G.

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Munby, A. N. L. (Alan Noel Latimer), 1913-1974

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Librarian of King's College, Cambridge. From the description of Letters : Cambridge, England, to Seymour Adelman, Philadelphia, Pa., 1968 Aug. 7 - Sept. 18. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25224126 Epithet: Librarian King's College Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0000e2 Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) collected over 60,000 manuscripts from Britain, Europe and th...

Wood, W. H. (Word Harris), 1873-1951

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Cady, Richard

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Offen, E.

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Hughes, G.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, Henrietta, 1819-1879

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