Wales; Deerhurst; Italy; British Museum terracottas
Reference code
MID/01/09
Title
Wales; Deerhurst; Italy; British Museum terracottas
Date
1885
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Small maroon leather bound notebook (“J. Henry Middleton [12] – 709/9”)
Small maroon leather bound notebook (“J. Henry Middleton [12] – 709/9”)
Scope and content
Ink and pencil sketches of domestic and church architecture as well as museum objects.
Some drawings include measurements and additional notes, written in English, Latin and Greek.
No index written by Middleton, but notebook includes drawings and/or notes of:
Kidwelly Priory Church, Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
Pencader mound site, Wales
St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest
St David’s Bishop Palace
St David’s Cathedral
Saxon Chapel, Deerhurst
Great Dunham Church, Norfolk
Moccasin Church, Hereford.
Bredwardine Church
Kettering Church, Northampton.
Houses at Herfordshire
Notes on Leland’s itinerary, Deerhurst, 1745
Notes on pictures from National Gallery
Notes on Italian sculpture in England
Italian chimney design
Llansadwrn Church, Wales
Notes on Benedetto da Maiano
Notes on the construction dates of St George’s Chapel (Windsor), King’s Chapel (Cambridge) and King Henry VII’s Chapel
List of names the “Rome” book was sent to
Porch in Moccas
Terra cotta statues, British Museum
Notes on “A.A. Ionidoes Coll[ection], loan from S.K.M.”
Notes on “Castellani Collection 1884 sale in Rome S.K.M.”
Notes on “S.K.M. terra cotta”
Miscellaneous notes “from Naucratis”
Started from the back of the notebook then changes direction a few times in the later third of notebook.
Numbered 10 by Middleton.
Some drawings include measurements and additional notes, written in English, Latin and Greek.
No index written by Middleton, but notebook includes drawings and/or notes of:
Kidwelly Priory Church, Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
Pencader mound site, Wales
St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest
St David’s Bishop Palace
St David’s Cathedral
Saxon Chapel, Deerhurst
Great Dunham Church, Norfolk
Moccasin Church, Hereford.
Bredwardine Church
Kettering Church, Northampton.
Houses at Herfordshire
Notes on Leland’s itinerary, Deerhurst, 1745
Notes on pictures from National Gallery
Notes on Italian sculpture in England
Italian chimney design
Llansadwrn Church, Wales
Notes on Benedetto da Maiano
Notes on the construction dates of St George’s Chapel (Windsor), King’s Chapel (Cambridge) and King Henry VII’s Chapel
List of names the “Rome” book was sent to
Porch in Moccas
Terra cotta statues, British Museum
Notes on “A.A. Ionidoes Coll[ection], loan from S.K.M.”
Notes on “Castellani Collection 1884 sale in Rome S.K.M.”
Notes on “S.K.M. terra cotta”
Miscellaneous notes “from Naucratis”
Started from the back of the notebook then changes direction a few times in the later third of notebook.
Numbered 10 by Middleton.
Creator
Middleton, John Henry (1846-1896), archaeologist and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/709/1-18
MS 709
MS 709