Reference
Z1045/1
Title
Bound volume with "sketchbook" tooled on the spine and early C19th containing a series of ink and ink wash drawings executed in a naive style typical of the early 19th century English School. Most of the pictures have a flat, two dimensional feel and have been drawn with limited reference to perspective and scale, for example, towers and usually shown much shorter than in reality.
Most of the pages are watermarked with a date of 1807, though a detached sheet is watermarked with a date of 1822
The volume is annotated in pencil on the flyleaf with: "OXLEY"; "1822" and "2/-/1411"[?], the significance of these annotations being unknown
Some pages, not relating to Bedfordshire items were removed by the seller.
The pages are 6 x 10 inches in size.
The volume contains the following entries:
- exterior view of St.Paul's Church, Bedford seen from the north;
- exterior view of St.Peter's Church [St.Peter de Merton], Bedford seen from the south;
- exterior view of Elstow Church, with the remains of the Abbey and seen from the west;
- exterior view of Houghton [Conquest] Church seen from the south;
- exterior view of Ampthill Church seen from the south;
- Katharine's Cross, Ampthill Park [to commemorate Queen Catherine of Aragon, first wife on Henry VIII who was held at Ampthill during the divorce];
- exterior view of Maulden Church seen from the west and including the Bruce Mausoleum and annotated thus: the steeple to be shaded rather Darker & the backs of the Bastions;
- exterior view of Maulden Church seen from the south, annotated as No.8 and the stair turret to the tower annotated thus: to be rather Darker the back of jambs;
- exterior view of Silsoe Church seen from the west with the tower annotated thus: this to be rather Darker;
- exterior view of Barton Church see from the north and annotated thus: the leaden roof to be shaded rather darker & the windows under it (but lighter than the roof);
- exterior view of Millbrook Church seen from the south and annotated thus: the top of the steeple & window in the back of the Bastion to be shaded rather darker;
- exterior view of [Husborne] Crawley Church seen from the south, the stair turret to the tower annotated thus: to be shaded rather Darker under here & windows to be shaded;
- exterior view of Aspley [Guise] Church seen from the south;
- exterior view of Woburn [old] Church seen from the north and annotated thus: the back of Bastions, steeple, window & top of it to be shaded darker;
- exterior view of Marston [Moretaine] Church seen from the south and annotated thus: the niches to be shaded rather Darker;
- exterior view of Cranfield Church seen from the south;
- exterior view of Kempston [All Saints] Church seen from the south, without a chancel and annotated thus: niches to be shaded rather Darker;
- exterior view of Wilstead Church seen from the south, no other illustration of this church at this date being known, the drawing is annotated thus: Tiling to be made rather Darker;
- exterior view of Hawnes [Haynes]Church seen from the south and annotated thus: shade tops of Trees & Tiling rather Darker;
- exterior view of the Ruin of Houghton Park [Houghton House, Ampthill] seen from the south, part of the east wing annotated thus: to be rather Darker like the other niches;
- exterior view of Mrs.Howe's House at Houghton and annotated thus: Thatch & Ground to be properly shaded;
- unfinished drawing of the exterior of a church seen from the south;
- watercolour painting of a church seen from the south west with a cottage behind, the subject is not identified but may be Wilstead;
- bust of Louis Philippe I probably cut out from a printed source;
- loose pencil sketch of a young man, unidentified;
- waterfall and stone quarry near Boscastle [Cornwall] by T.Allom and published by Fisher Son & Company, London, 1832;
- interior view of west window of Woodcroft Chapel [Northamptonshire], cut out of a printed source;
- plan of upper floor of Woodcroft Chapel, cut out of a printed source;
- detail of moulding near the [chancel?] arch of Woodcroft Chapel, cut out of a printed source;
- [exterior?] detail of the top of the east window of Woodcroft Chapel, attributed to O.Jewitt SC. and cut out of a printed source;
- doorway from the offices to the Hall at Norborough [county unknown] attributed to E.Blore and O.Jewitt, SC, cut out of a printed source;
- the remaining pages are blank
Date free text
early C19
Production date
From: 1807 To: 1832
Level of description
item