Description:This watercolour by John Phillp is taken from close to Soho House. The building in the foreground may be the stables. Beyond the water trough can be seen the top of the Principal Building at the Soho Manufactory. The expanse of water in the middle ground is the Mill Pool. Below the pine tree (use the zoomify function to make it clearer) can be seen an urn, one of the garden ornaments Matthew Boulton added to his landscaped park.
This 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.