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- 1843 (Creation)
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2 production units.
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Biographical history
Thomas Gosden was born in 1780 and died in 1843. He was an artist and book illustrator; and it seems he ran a shop called the 'Sportsman's Repository', 18, Bedford Street, Covent Garden.
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GB 0074 CLC/250 1843 Collection 2 production units. Gosden , Thomas , 1780-1843 , artist and illustrator
Thomas Gosden was born in 1780 and died in 1843. He was an artist and book illustrator; and it seems he ran a shop called the 'Sportsman's Repository', 18, Bedford Street, Covent Garden.
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Watercolour drawings of the grave monuments of 'celebrated persons' in London, Middlesex, Surrey and Kent, by Thomas Gosden.
Volume One: London and Middlesex; Volume Two: Surrey and Kent.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
The British Library holds several of Gosden's illustrations of gravestones.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
August to October 2010. Monumental inscriptions Enterprises Public enterprises Public utilities Burial grounds Graveyards Building components Decorative features Memorials Memorial inscriptions Literature Literary forms and genres Epitaphs Structures Gravestones Fine arts Painting Watercolour painting Inscriptions Graves Land use Churchyards Gosden , Thomas , 1780-1843 , artist and illustrator Kent England UK Western Europe Europe London Surrey Middlesex
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Watercolour drawings of the grave monuments of 'celebrated persons' in London, Middlesex, Surrey and Kent, by Thomas Gosden.
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Volume One: London and Middlesex; Volume Two: Surrey and Kent.
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The British Library holds several of Gosden's illustrations of gravestones.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English