Yorkshire, England collection
Summary
| Creator: | Brooke, John Charles, 1748-1794 |
| Date(s): | 1628-1787 |
| Call Number: | GRA 0108 |
| Language: | Materials entirely in
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| Abstract: | Collection of prints, printed sheets, manuscripts, original drawings, and maps, removed from a scrapbook compiled by John Charles Brooke and bequeathed to the College of Arms, London, whose bookplate and release stamp is present on one of the boards. |
| Physical Description: | 3 oversize boxes (247 engravings, 36 textual leaves, 8 maps, 8 original drawings, 2 boards from original bindings) 72 x 68 cm or smaller |
| Processing Information: | Processed by Special Collections staff. Encoded by Jaime Margalotti, October 2017. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard |
Scope and Contents
Collection of prints, printed sheets, manuscripts, original drawings, and maps, removed from a scrapbook (original boards present) compiled by John Charles Brooke (cf. DNB, v. 2, p. 1338-1339) and bequeathed to the College of Arms, London, whose bookplate and release stamp is present on one of the boards.
Composed chiefly of engravings removed from books (i.e. James Paine's Plans, elevations, and sections of noblemen and gentlemen's houses ... 2nd ed. London : The author, 1783, Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect ... London : The author, 1717-1771, and [possibly] Johannes Kip's Britannia illustrata, or, Views of several of the Queen's palaces ... London : I. Smith, 1714.) Engravers and artists represented include Samuel Buck, Thomas Bladeslade, W.H. Toms, James Basire, Leonard Knyff, and John Woolfe.
Preservation work performed at CCAHA.
Using these materials
Shelving Summary
Shelved in SPEC GRA v.
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
GRA 0108, John Charles Brooke, Yorkshire, England collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library,Newark, Delaware.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec
Container List
| Yorkshire, England collection (1 of 3) | Box 1 |
| Yorkshire, England collection (2 of 3) | Box 2 |
| Yorkshire, England collection (3 of 3) | Box 3 |