Sketches in water-colour and sepia by Dean Liddell of buildings and scenery in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Madeira, etc., in the second half of the 19th century.
Sketches by Dean Liddell
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Drawings gen. d. 1-8, e. 1-4
- Dates of Creation
- 19th century
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 12 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Henry George Liddell (1811-1898) was Dean of Christ Church Oxford, 1856-1891. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The sketches were bought from G.A. Poynder, Reading bookseller, in 1911.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 35353-64.