Description:The scale line of this vase (at the bottom of the page) indicates that it is about 2 feet wide at its widest part which suggests it was a stone garden ornament, probably in Matthew Boulton's landscaped park at Soho.
A copy of part of this drawing was made in 1854 by Phillp's grandson Charles Edward Phillp as a drawing exercise and is also available on this site.
The image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He was born in Falmouth, Cornwall and came to Soho in 1793. Boulton paid for William Hollins to teach him architectural drawing in 1795. During his time at Soho he produced designs for silver, plate, medals and tokens.
Conservation and cleaning had to be undertaken on the album before it could be scanned and this was carried out as part of the Digital Handsworth Project.