Drawings of seals of religious houses in Leicestershire
Reference code
HOW/03
Title
Drawings of seals of religious houses in Leicestershire
Date
1823
Level of description
File
Extent and format
ff. iv + 19.
Folio.
Binding by J. Mackenzie (as HOW/02), morocco, green, gilt-tooled, edges gilt.
Folio.
Binding by J. Mackenzie (as HOW/02), morocco, green, gilt-tooled, edges gilt.
Scope and content
Drawings in pen and wash by Bartholomew Howlett of seals of religious houses in Leicestershire; 1823. Nineteen drawings, separately mounted and surrounded by appliqué printed borders in brown. Many signed and dated. With MS notes giving the sources. Contents list by Mill Stephenson, FSA, fol. iv. See also MSS/0369, MSS/0370.
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/371
Archival history
From the library of the Rev. John Morewood Gresley (his sale, Sotheby’s, 10 Aug. 1866, lot 883; cutting, fol. iii). Franks bookplate, fol. i. Exhibited and presented by Sir A. W. Franks, PSA (with MSS/0369).