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Dictionary of Victorian Architects

Catalogue reference: PRJ/6/4

What’s it about?

This record is about the Dictionary of Victorian Architects dating from [c 1970s].

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Reference

PRJ/6/4

Title

Dictionary of Victorian Architects

Date

[c 1970s]

Description

Paul Joyce planned to publish a Dictionary of Victorian Architects with Professor J. Mordaunt Crook but the work was never brought to fruition.

These index card contain entries on Victorian architects, draughtsmen, topographers, engravers, artists and craftsmen, arranged by name. Some entries are very basic, containing one or two lines, e.g. bibliographical reference to an obituary in The Builder; others run to several cards and list all known works. The number of cards per name (if more than one) is recorded in brackets.

A small section of the index cards details significant buildings in London, largely designed by Christopher Wren, as well as a few in other parts of the UK.

Joyce kept a second sequence known as the 'expanded' index [see PRJ/6/5]. It contains significant architects not found in this sequence.

Held by
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language

English

Physical description

5 index card boxes

Access conditions

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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/66f95307-9f18-4480-97ed-924b101317b8/

Series information

PRJ/6

Index cards

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8,894 records
159 records

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Paul Joyce Archive

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Within the series: PRJ/6

Index cards

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Dictionary of Victorian Architects