Paxton, Sir Joseph (1801-1865), gardener and architect, designer of the Crystal Palace

  • Paxton, Sir Joseph, 1801-1865.
Date:
1851-1863
Reference:
MS.7405
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Correspondence formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence. 17 autograph letters by Paxton, signed.

Publication/Creation

1851-1863

Physical description

17 items

Acquisition note

Purchased from: Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.68128); Desgranges, Paris, September 1931 (acc.64710); Glendining, London, December 1931 (acc.67605) and September 1932 (acc.67720). Provenance of no.2 not recorded (acc.67430); no accession details at all known for nos.10-11 and 17.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

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  • Various - see Acqusition note.