Description:This scale elevation of boathouse doors by John Phillp does not match the doors of the boathouse on Soho Pool visible in other sketches by Phillp (also available on this site). It is possible they belong to another boathouse on the Soho Estate or in the Handsworth area or they may be a proposed design or a drawing exercise.
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.