Finding aid for the Letters of British architects, 1793-1921
Finding aid prepared by Onica Busuioceanu.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Letters of British architects
Date (inclusive): 1793-1921
Number: 860525A
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute. Research Library
Physical Description:
84.0 items
(1 box)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: An assembled collection of letters written by 34 British architects between 1793 and 1921, most of them from the second half
of the 19th century.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
Biographical/Historical Note
A collection assembled by the repository.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Letters of British architects, 1793-1921, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 860525A.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa860525a
Acquisition Information
Received in many acquisitions circa 1983-1990.
Processing History
Processed and cataloged by Onica Busuioceanu. The items in this collection were formerly part of the British artists letters
collection (accession number 860525). They were separated when that collection was cataloged.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of 80 letters from 34 British architects, written between 1793 and 1921, most of them from the second
half of the 19th century.
The letters address a large variety of subjects, from appointments and excuses to information about work in progress, plans
for the future, lectures and courses, considerations about architectural design and criticism. Among the most significant
are letters from Alfred Ainger (1), George Frederick Bodley (4), Arthur Thomas Bolton (1), Charles Robert Cockerell (2), Nockalls
Johnson Cottingham (2), Owen Carter Jones (7), Sir George Gilbert Scott (8), Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1), Sidney Smirke (6),
Sir John Soane (7), Sir William Tite (6), and James Wyatt (3).
John Soane's letters are accompanied by three prints: his portrait engraved by T. Blood after a painting by S. Drummond; the
elevation of Soane's house in Lincoln Fields, London; and the New Treasury, Whitehall, engraved by M. Fox after a drawing
by Thomas H. Shepherd.
Also included is a seating diagram for the 1907 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) annual dinner.
Arrangement note
The collection is organized alphabetically.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Ainger, Alfred, 1797 or 8-1859
Bodley, G.F. (George Frederick)
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), b. 1864
Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863
Cottingham, Nockalls Johnson, 1823-1854
Jones, Owen, 1809-1874
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878
Scott, Giles Gilbert, Sir, 1880-1960
Smirke, Sydney, 1798-1877
Soane, John, Sir, 1753-1837
Tite, William, 1798-1873
Wyatt, James, 1746-1813
Subjects - Topics
Architects--England--Correspondence
Folder 1
Abraham, Robert (1774-1850)
1830
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 1 p.
Folder 2
Ainger, Alfred (17947-1859)
1833, 1838
Scope and Content Note
Signed list of two of Ainger's works. 1 p.
Folder 3
Arkpitil, Arthur 1807-1869)
1856
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p.
Folder 4
Beazley, Samuel(1786-1851)
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 1 p.
Folder 5
Bodley, George Frederick (1827-1907)
1902, 1906, undated
Scope and Content Note
4 letters, 10 p.
Folder 6
Bolton, Arthur Thomas (1864-1945)
1921
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p.
Folder 7
Butterfield, William (1814-1900)
1882, undated
Scope and Content Note
3 letters, 6 p. 1882, n.d.
Folder 8
Clayton, John (ca. 1820-1861)
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 3 p.
Folder 9
Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863)
1838, 1848
Scope and Content Note
2 letters, 5 p.
Folder 10
Cockerell, Frederic Pepys (1833-1878)
1875, 1907
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p. 1875, and 1 RIBA Annual Dinner setting, 1907.
Folder 11
Cottingham, Nockalls Johnson (1823-1854)
1851
Scope and Content Note
2 letters, 8 p. 1 illustrated.
Folder 12
Cubitt, Thomas (1788-1855)
1834
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p.
Folder 13
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton (1795-1885)
1872
Scope and Content Note
2 letters, 5 p.
Folder 14
Ferguson, James (1808-1886)
1872, 1885
Scope and Content Note
2 letters, 3 p.
Folder 15
Ferrey, Benjamin (1810-1880)
1845
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 4 p.
Folder 16
Graham, James Gillespie (1776-1855)
1842
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 1 p.
Folder 17
Gwilt, George (1775-1856)
1825
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 1 p.
Folder 18
Hardwick, Phillip (1792-1870)
1834, 1842, 1856
Scope and Content Note
3 letters, 6 p.
Folder 19
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir (1835-1924)
1909, 1918
Scope and Content Note
2 letters, 4 p.
Folder 20
Jones, Owen Carter (1809-1874)
1843-1872
Scope and Content Note
7 letters, 10 p.
Folder 21
Knight, William,
1831
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 3 p.
Folder 22
Pearson, John Loughborough (1817-1897)
1892, 1893
Scope and Content Note
3 letters, 3p.
Folder 23
Playfair, William Henry (1790-1857)
1822
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 1 p.
Folder 24
Repton, John Adey (1775-1860)
1859
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p.
Folder 25
Scott, George Gilbert (1811-1878)
1864-1876
Scope and Content Note
8 letters, 18 p. and 1 envelope.
Folder 26
Scott, Giles Gilbert, Sir (1880-1960)
1908
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p.
Folder 27
Smirke, Sydney (1798-1877)
1835-1876, undated
Scope and Content Note
6 letters, 16 p. and 1 envelope.
Folder 28
Soane, John, Sir (1753-1837)
1820, 1831, 1834
Scope and Content Note
4 letters, 4 pages, and 3 prints: Soane's portrait, the elevation of his house façade, and the new Whitehall Treasury.
Folder 29
Tite, William (1798-1873)
1842-1872, undated
Scope and Content Note
6 letters, 9 p.
Folder 30
Webb, Aston (1849-1930)
1877, 1904, 1919
Scope and Content Note
3 letters, 4 p.
Folder 31
Webb, Philip (1831-1915)
1872
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 2 p.
Folder 32
Wyatt, Benjamin Dean (1775-ca. 1855)
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 3 p.
Folder 33
Wyatt, James (1746-1813)
1793, 1798, 1811
Scope and Content Note
An account of a design, 1 p.; 1 letter, 3 p.; 1 order for paper.
Folder 34
Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir (1776-1840)
1835, 1836
Scope and Content Note
2 letters to Martin Shee, 2 p.
