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Add MS 47896

Record Id:
032-002104325
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002104325
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 47896
Title:

PITT FUNERAL DRAWINGS, together with notes. The drawings, in penand-ink, some of them (ff. 3b, 4, 8, 10b) coloured in wash, are of banners, escutcheons, etc., used at the funerals of:-(1) William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 9 June 1778. ff. 3b-8;-(2) William Pitt, the younger, Prime Minister, 22 Feb. 1806. ff. 9-12. They are probably the work of Thomas Sharpe (d. 1825), heraldic painter, whose ledgers, together with those of his successor George Bishop, 1774-1839, are now in the Guildhall Library (MS.

546, 1 and 2). George Bishop later took Charles Bishop as partner and the firm under its late 19th century name of G. and C. Bishop and Clark is mentioned in a modern note on f. 2 as responsible for the drawings. Engravings of the two banners illustrated on ff. 3b, 4 appear in The Gentleman's Magazine, xlviii, 1778, facing p. 296. Paper; ff. i+12. Quarto. Circ. 1778-1806. Binding of crimson, straightgrained morocco, gold-tooled, by F. L. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe. Presented by Louis Henry Hayter, Esq.

Scope & Content:

George Sutcliffe: Bound: 20th cent.

Thomas Sharpe, heraldic painter, of London: Drawings of banners, etc., by (?): 1778, 1806.

Francis Longinus Sangorski: Bound: 20th cent.

Heraldry: Drawings of banners, etc., by T. Sharpe (?), for the funerals of the elder and younger Pitt: 1778, 1806.

Funerals: Drawings of banners, etc., for funerals of the elder and younger Pitt: 1778, 1806.

Bindings ENGLISH: Crimson morocco, gold-tooled, by F. L. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe: 20th cent.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: T. Sharpe (?); drawings of banners, etc., for funerals of the elder and younger Pitt: 1778, 1806.

includes:

  • ff. 3b-8 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Drawings of banners, etc., for his funeral: 1778.
  • ff. 3b-8 Hayes, Kent: Drawings of Lord Chatham's funeral banners, etc., in the church: 1778.
  • ff. 9-12 William Pitt, the younger; Prime Minister: Drawings of banners, etc., for his funeral: 1806.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002104325
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1773
End Date:
1806
Date Range:
c 1778-1806
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Louis Henry Hayter: Presented: in 1953.

George and Charles Bishop and Clark; heraldic painters: Owned: 19th cent.

George Bishop, heraldic painter, of London: Owned: 19th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bishop, George, heraldic painter, of London, fl 1840
George and Charles Bishop and Clark, heraldic painters
Hayter, Louis Henry
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Pitt, William, Prime Minister, called 'the younger', 1759-1806
Sangorski, Francis Longinus
Sharpe, Thomas, heraldic painter, of London
Sutcliffe, George
Places:
Hayes, Kent