Drawings of seals of religious houses in Surrey
Reference code
HOW/01
Title
Drawings of seals of religious houses in Surrey
Date
1821-1826
Level of description
File
Extent and format
ff. iv + 33.
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards, edges gilt, gilt-tooling on spine. Franks bookplate, fol. i.
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards, edges gilt, gilt-tooling on spine. Franks bookplate, fol. i.
Scope and content
Drawings in pen and wash by Bartholomew Howlett (1767-1827), with one engraving (fol. 3), of seals of religious houses in Surrey; 1821-6. Thirty- three items separately mounted and surrounded by appliqué printed borders in brown. Many drawings signed and dated. With MS notes giving the sources of the seals. Contents lists, fols. iii (by Mill Stephenson, FSA), iv. Further drawings relating to Dorset are in the Seal Collection.
Creator
Howlett, Bartholomew (1767-1827), antiquarian engraver
Stephenson, Mill (1857-1937), expert on monumental brasses, antiquary
Stephenson, Mill (1857-1937), expert on monumental brasses, antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/369
Archival history
Exhibited and presented by Sir A. W. Franks, PSA, 7 June 1894. Proc., 2nd ser., 15 (1893-5), 221-2.