Letters regarding Harold Swainson's tour of architectural and archaeological sites in Egypt
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Letter to Harold Swainson (1868-1894) from Charles George Curtis, Chaplain of the Crimean Memorial Church, Constantinople, dated Constantinople, 24 July 1894. Describes a recent visit to the Hagia Sophia, answering questions regarding copper bands on water vessels, the 'sweating columns', and de...
Letters regarding the history and construction of the Hagia Sophia
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One letter from Jas B Fulton, Architect, to Lethaby, undated, regarding his measurements and drawings of the Hagia Sophia, which he mentions as being with the Architectural Review. 24 letters to Lethaby from Eugene Michel Antoniadi (1870-1944), the astronomer and architectural researcher, dated...
Architectural notebook of Charles Bacon, 1810-1812
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Notebook of pencil studies and drawings, chiefly of ecclesiastical architecture. The volume includes studies of Gloucester, Salisbury and Winchester cathedrals, drawings of Bath Abbey, Malvern Abbey, Stonehenge, Richmond Bridge, and Tonbridge Castle, some ecclesiastical monuments and inscription...
Architectural notebook of Charles Bacon, 1814-1815
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Notebook of pencil studies and drawings, chiefly of ecclesiastical architecture. The volume includes studies of Winchester, Canterbury and Rochester cathedrals, drawings of Lover's Seat, Hastings, view from the house of the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, Woodfield Northam[ptonshire], and the cour...
Architectural notebook of Charles Bacon, 1816-1817
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Notebook of pencil studies and drawings, chiefly of ecclesiastical architecture. The volume includes studies of Peterborough, Ely and Exeter cathedrals, landscape drawings, some ecclesiastical monuments and inscriptions. Inscribed on front paste-down: 'Should this Book be lost whoever will brin...
Unpublished typescript, 'Winds of Freedom: The Anti-Slavery Movement in Birmingham 1770s-1840', Alan Penn, 2009. Spiral binding. 207 pages with bibliography and notes. Also illustrations (photocopies) and notes intended to accompany the book.
Unpublished typescript, ‘Devoted lives: Imperialism, Public Service and Social Philanthropy in the lives of the twelfth Earl and Countess of Meath’, Alan Penn, 2009. Spiral binding. 230 pages with appendix, notes and a bibliography. Also illustrations (photocopies), notes and two photographs int...
Travel journal of two tours to Italy, Malta, France and Switzerland
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Travel journal of two tours to Italy, Malta, France and Switzerland, between 22 July and 10 September 1873. Includes photographs of places visited. Places visited on first tour include: Syracuse, Catania, Messina, Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, Taormina and Valetta. On the second tour: Mars...
Notebook containing notes on various subjects, including a poem by J H Barland and an extract from John Ray's Physico-Theological Discourses. Including a commonplace book, followed by an index of subjects, which include: extracts from classical and modern authors, language exercises, historica...
Journal of a tour to Germany, starting and ending at Liverpool Street Station, London. Places visited include: Rotterdam, Cologne, Siegen, Bonn, Koblenz, Boppard, Sankt Goarshausen, Bingen, Mainz, Kastel, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Neckarsteinach, Baden Baden, Wilsberg, Amsterdam and the...