Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton
Reference code
MID
Title
Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton
Date
1865-1893
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Seventeen notebooks, one large portfolio containing 16 folders, and unbound papers.
Oblong octavo.
Leather binding, black (3, 5-7, 10, 12, 14) or maroon (8, 9, 11, 13, 15-17); leather spines, black, green or brown (4, 1, 2 respectively).
Oblong octavo.
Leather binding, black (3, 5-7, 10, 12, 14) or maroon (8, 9, 11, 13, 15-17); leather spines, black, green or brown (4, 1, 2 respectively).
Scope and content
Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton (1847-96). Middleton practised for some years as an architect. His publications included Ancient Rome (1885, 1892), and many papers in Archaeologia, etc. The notebooks reflect his wide interests; some are used at one end for classical topics and at the other for medieval, and many have indexes. Many watercolours, plans, etc., throughout; MID/04 consists entirely of sketches.
Together with a collection of larger drawings, many coloured and measured, relating mainly to Rome (some used to illustrate Middleton's Ancient Rome (1885, 1892)), Roman antiquities in England, English medieval architecture, consecration crosses; with a few relating to Cairo, Greek antiquities (in a red portfolio, large quarto).
Together with a collection of larger drawings, many coloured and measured, relating mainly to Rome (some used to illustrate Middleton's Ancient Rome (1885, 1892)), Roman antiquities in England, English medieval architecture, consecration crosses; with a few relating to Cairo, Greek antiquities (in a red portfolio, large quarto).
Creator
Middleton, John Henry (1846-1896), archaeologist and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/709/1-18
MS 709
SAL/MS/709
MS 709
SAL/MS/709
Archival history
Part of the collection presented by the compiler's widow, 26 Nov.1896.
System of arrangement
The notebooks have now been arranged in chronological order (Middleton's numbering, where present, is also indicated).
Related units of description
Proc., 2nd ser., 16 (1895-7), 236.
The Faculty of Classics Archives at the University of Cambridge holds eight notebooks from JH Middleton’s papers: https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/30/resources/13918
Seven of them, which were actually authored by Middleton himself, have been digitised and uploaded to the Cambridge University Digital Library: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/jhmiddleton/1
The Faculty of Classics Archives at the University of Cambridge holds eight notebooks from JH Middleton’s papers: https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/30/resources/13918
Seven of them, which were actually authored by Middleton himself, have been digitised and uploaded to the Cambridge University Digital Library: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/jhmiddleton/1
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