View of a bridge by John Phillp
The location of the bridge in this pen and ink drawing by John Phillp is unknown. The image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may ...
View of a rustic building by John Phillp
This watercolour of a rustic building 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 ...
View of Handsworth Church by Hannah Lloyd
View of Handsworth Church by Robert Lloyd
Lloyd was active between 1830 to 1860. This view of St Mary's Church dates from about 1835/ 1836.
View of Hockley Pool, Birmingham Heath and part of Birmingham by John Phillp
This pencil sketch by John Phillp is looking across Hockley Pool and Birmingham Heath towards Birmingham. To the left can be seen Hockley Abbey, built in 1779 by Richard Ford of waste slag from Aston ...
View of Thatched Barn, Handsworth by Joseph Vincent Barber
Joseph Vincent Barber (1788-1838) was born and lived most of his life in Birmingham. He exhibited at the Royal Academy as well as in Birmingham. Most of his work was landscapes or topographical views ...
View of the Soho Manufactory by John Phillp
This view of Soho Manufactory is looking across the Mill Pool to the end of the Principal Building and Rolling Mill Row which consisted of houses and offices.
The image is from the Phillp album, a ...
View of the Soho Manufactory from Birmingham Heath by John Phillp
This view by John Phillp show the Soho manufactory from the rear (the group of buildings to the left of centre) with the Soho Mint and latchet building just visible in the trees to the right. Soho House ...
View of trees in Perry Park by Charles Barber
Charles Barber (1783 - 1854). Charles Barber went to Liverpool to teach drawing and painted in oils and watercolours. Charles exhibited regularly at the Liverpool Academy of Arts of which he was a member ...
Wages and allowance for Grooms, Soho House
This memorandum sets out the wages and clothing allowances for various grooms employed by Matthew Robinson Boulton at Soho House.
Thomas Poynter came to Soho as Groom 1st February 1820 on wages of ...
Wages and allowance for Grooms, Soho House
This is the reverse of a memorandum which sets out the wages and clothing allowances for various grooms employed by Matthew Robinson Boulton at Soho House. (The memorandum itself is also available).
Thomas ...
Wall planer from Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Wall planer from Soho Foundry, Handsworth, believed (in 1941) to be one of the oldest machine tools in the world. It is supposed to have been bought from the Soho Factory, and ca.1800 has been suggested ...
Wallpaper found at Soho House
This section of wallpaper was found in the Drawing Room at Soho House, the former home of Matthew Boulton now a museum. Initial survey work was undertaken prior to restoring the house to its appearance ...
Watercolour of a dog by John Phillp
This watercolour of a dog 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. ...
Watercolour of a spaniel's head by John Phillp
This watercolour of a dog's head by John Phillp may show Dash, the favourite dog of industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). It is labelled drawn from nature by John Phillp 1796.
The ...
Watercolour of an old key belonging to Matthew Boulton by John Phillp
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 ...
Watercolour of Garden Temple by John Phillp
This watercolour shows a garden building which is almost certainly the Temple of Flora on the Shell Pool at Soho, the landscaped garden created by industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton.
This ...
Watercolour of variegated holly by John Phillp
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 ...