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Title
Date(s)
- [1820]-1837 (Creation)
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4 production units.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Kelsey was surveyor to the City of London Commissioners of Sewers, 1832-46.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/139 [1820]-1837 Collection 4 production units. Kelsey , Richard , fl 1820-1837 , architect
Richard Kelsey was surveyor to the City of London Commissioners of Sewers, 1832-46.
These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library in 1882. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Architectural sketch and notebooks of Richard Kelsey, architect, containing annotated designs for, and sketches of, houses, theatres, prisons, bridges and sewers; plans and elevations of existing buildings by other architects, ancient and modern; drawings of medieval funeral effigies; extracts from writers on architecture and history; accounts for work done for customers; estimates; accounts for materials and workmen employed; and miscellaneous unrelated memoranda.
Four 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.
January to May 2011. Architectural drawing Architecture Funerary architecture Information sources Documents Artists Business records Architects Construction engineering Building design Illustrations Visual materials Drawings Architectural drawings Cultural heritage Architectural heritage Drawing Graphic arts Kelsey , Richard , fl 1820-1837 , architect London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library in 1882. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Architectural sketch and notebooks of Richard Kelsey, architect, containing annotated designs for, and sketches of, houses, theatres, prisons, bridges and sewers; plans and elevations of existing buildings by other architects, ancient and modern; drawings of medieval funeral effigies; extracts from writers on architecture and history; accounts for work done for customers; estimates; accounts for materials and workmen employed; and miscellaneous unrelated memoranda.
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Four volumes.
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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
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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