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Add MS 71008
- Record Id:
- 032-001964903
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001964903
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x000229
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 71008
- Title:
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WILLIAM FOX: heraldic note-book entitled 'William Fox, His Manuscript-Book of Coats of Armes, Crests, etc. . . . Begun by me in 1759. In the Parish of St James's Garlick-Hill'; 1759-circa 1773. Included are notes and drawings of monuments, buildings, etc., in London and Essex (e.g. pen-and-ink and watercolour sketches of St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, Gate of the former abbey of West Ham, St Thomas's Chapel and the central arch of London Bridge, Hedingham Castle, co. Essex, and a pillar with shields of arms in Westminster Hall). Another notebook of William Fox is Add. 29278. Purchased at Christie's, 6 Sept. 1991, lot 73.
Paper. 190 x 165mm. Contemporary vellum binding with metal clasps.
- Scope & Content:
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Heraldry: William Fox, collector of heraldic material: Heraldic notebook, with drawings of monuments and buildings of William Fox: 1759-circa 1773.
includes:
- f. 43v Clerkenwell, Middlesex: Drawing of St John's Gate by W. Fox: 1772.
- ff. 53v-54 Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire: View of the Cross: 1772: Engr.
- ff. 60v-61 Richmond, Surrey: East view of the palace: 1772: Engr.
- f. 64 West Ham, Essex: Drawing of the Abbey Gate by W. Fox: 1759.
- ff. 64v-66 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Drawings by W. Fox of St Thomas's Chapel and the central arch of London Bridge: 1759, 1760.
- f. 66v Hedingham, Essex: Coloured drawing of the castle by W. Fox: 1759.
- f. 70 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Drawing by W. Fox of a pillar in Westminster Hall: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001964903
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001964903
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1759
- End Date:
- 1778
- Date Range:
- 1759-c 1773
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Fox, William, collector of heraldic material
- Places:
- Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Hedingham, Essex
London, United Kingdom
Richmond, Surrey
Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
West Ham, Essex
Westminster, England