A catalogue of books, manuscripts, specimens of clocks, watches : and watchwork, paintings, prints, &c., in the Library and Museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers deposited in the Free Library of the Corporation of the City of London / [compiled by W.H. Overall].

  • Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Library.
Date:
1875
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Credit: A catalogue of books, manuscripts, specimens of clocks, watches : and watchwork, paintings, prints, &c., in the Library and Museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers deposited in the Free Library of the Corporation of the City of London / [compiled by W.H. Overall]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    elected Alderman of Cheap Ward, 1854; chosen Sheriff of London and Middlesex, June, 1855 ; resigned his aldermanic gown, March 30, 1858. Presented by Mr. TEGG, 1856. MUDGE, THOMAS. Dance, pinx. CharlesTownley, sculp., 1772. Born at Exeter about 1710, his father being a schoolmaster at Bideford; he apprenticed his son to George Graham, the then most famous of Watchmakers, May 4, 1730. Whilst in his apprenticeship he became known as one of the best authorities upon Timekeepers. He succeeded to his master’s business, carried on at the “ Dial and One Crown,” opposite the Bolt and Tun, Fleet Street. Ad- mitted a Free Clockmaker January 15, 1738. He was employed by Ferdinand VI. of Spain to make several Timekeepers. In 1771 he retired from active business, and turned his attention to chronometers, and in 1789 he, with several others, competed for the reward offered by the Board of Longitude for the most accurate Timekeeper for determining the longitude, but was unsuccessful; however, in 1793 a Select Committee of the House of Commons, assisted by several men of science, reported that Mr. Mudge was one of the first Watchmakers this country had produced, and recommended the Parliament to give him a reward of £3,000 for his improvements in the construction of Chrono- meters. He died in 1794. Presented by Deputy 8. E. ATKINA, Clerk of tbe Company, January, 1874. PINCHBECK [CHRISTOPHER]. Isaac Whood, pinx. J. Faber, sculp. He lived at the sign of the “ Astronomico-Musical Clock,” Fleet Street, was the inventor of the metallic composition (imitation gold) bearing his name. He died November 18, 1732, and was buried in St. Dunstan’s Church. Presented by CHARLES FRODSHAM & CO., 1875. REID, THOMAS. Thomas Lawrence, pinx. Charles Thomson, sculp. Of Edinburgh. Presented with the Honorary Freedom of the Company, October 10, 1825. He wrote a treatise on Clock and Watch Making in 1826.