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Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton
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This record is about the Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton dating from 1874-1893.
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- MID
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Title (The name of the record)
- Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874-1893
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Description (What the record is about)
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Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton (1847-96). Middleton practised for some years as an architect. His publications included Ancient Rome (1885, 1892), and many papers in Archaeologia, etc. The notebooks reflect his wide interests; some are used at one end for classical topics and at the other for medieval, and many have indexes. Many w/cols, plans, etc., throughout; MID/004 consists entirely of sketches.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The notebooks have now been arranged in chronological order (Middleton's numbering, where present, is also indicated).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Proc., 2nd ser., 16 (1895-7), 236.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SAL/MS/709/1-18; MS 709; SAL/MS/709
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Middleton, John Henry (1846-1896), archaeologist and antiquary
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Part of the collection presented by the compiler's widow, 26 Nov.1896.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/mid
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Litt.D., DCL, VPSA, Slade Professor of Fine Art, Cambridge, 1886, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1889-92, and of the South Kensington Museum, 1892-6 (see DNB, Suppl., III, 166; obituary in Proc., 2nd ser., 16 (1895-7), 360-1); 1874-93. Middleton practised for some years as an architect. His publications included Ancient Rome (1885,1892), and many papers in Archaeologia, etc.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4b62d4a5-2f76-4b37-b6ea-5b7de18a1e1c/
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Notebooks and drawings of John Henry Middleton