Collection GB 0074 CLC/250 - GOSDEN, Thomas (1780-1843)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/250

Title

GOSDEN, Thomas (1780-1843)

Date(s)

  • 1843 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Archival history

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.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Watercolour drawings of the grave monuments of 'celebrated persons' in London, Middlesex, Surrey and Kent, by Thomas Gosden.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Volume One: London and Middlesex; Volume Two: Surrey and Kent.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The British Library holds several of Gosden's illustrations of gravestones.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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