Collection GB 0074 CLC/255 - HOWLETT, Bartholomew (1767-1827)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/255

Title

HOWLETT, Bartholomew (1767-1827)

Date(s)

  • 1800-1835 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Bartholomew Howlett was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, and was baptized on 5 July 1767. He was apprenticed in London to the engraver James Heath, and afterwards lived in the Blackfriars area of London. His publications include A Selection of Views of the County of Lincoln (1801) and he contributed to John Britton's Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain and Robert Wilkinson's Londina illustrata. Howlett made over a thousand drawings of the original seals of monastic and religious houses for his friend and patron John Caley FRS FSA. Howlett died in 1827.

Source of information: L. H. Cust, 'Howlett, Bartholomew (1767-1827)', rev. Mary Guyatt, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/255 1800-1835 Collection 2 production units. Howlett , Bartholomew , 1767-1827 , draughtsman and landscape engraver

Bartholomew Howlett was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, and was baptized on 5 July 1767. He was apprenticed in London to the engraver James Heath, and afterwards lived in the Blackfriars area of London. His publications include A Selection of Views of the County of Lincoln (1801) and he contributed to John Britton's Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain and Robert Wilkinson's Londina illustrata. Howlett made over a thousand drawings of the original seals of monastic and religious houses for his friend and patron John Caley FRS FSA. Howlett died in 1827.

Source of information: L. H. Cust, 'Howlett, Bartholomew (1767-1827)', rev. Mary Guyatt, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Drawings of seals of monastic bodies in London, Southwark and Westminster. The drawings are by Howlett, the descriptions by his friend and patron John Caley, FRS.

Two volumes.

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

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. Social scientists Historians Antiquaries History Historical research Documents Information sources Primary documents Seals (law) Religious institutions Religious communities Visual materials Drawings Religious buildings Monasteries Religion Howlett , Bartholomew , 1767-1827 , draughtsman and landscape engraver City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe Southwark Buildings Architecture Illustrations

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

Drawings of seals of monastic bodies in London, Southwark and Westminster. The drawings are by Howlett, the descriptions by his friend and patron John Caley, FRS.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two volumes.

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

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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

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