Drawings of Oxfordshire Collected by William Upcott
MSS. Top. Oxon. a. 35-9
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Drawings of Oxfordshire Collected by William Upcott
Shelfmark
MSS. Top. Oxon. a. 35-9
Summary
'Drawings in Oxfordshire.' Six volumes containing for the most part prints with a considerable number (over 300) of pencil and other drawings interspersed, done by various hands in the 18th and 19th century. The subjects are almost exclusively buildings and architectural details. There is an index to the drawings only of all 6 volumes in Vol. I, from which it appears that they are chiefly from the hands of T. Fischer and A. Pugin, together with a number for Blenheim Palace by Sir J. Vanbrugh. The nucleus of the collection was formed by William Upcott.
Associated place
Oxfordshire (England)
Date
18th-19th cent.
Language
English
Physical extent
5 shelfmarks
Acquisition
The collection was bought at Sotheby's in 1928.
Subject
Architecture -- England -- Oxfordshire
19th century
18th century
