Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Drawing 'No.6' of the front view of the pit framing of the winding engine 'taken as looking in direction from (x) in No.2'
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Views of the engine framing.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. The mine was owned by the Duke of Devonshire, and ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Different views of the boiler, its seating and fire place.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. The mine was owned ...
Ecton Mine 'Sun & Planet' Engine, Staffordshire
Side view of the winding barrel and spiral.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine, applied to mine winding. It was ordered for Ecton copper mine in Derbyshire. The mine was owned by the Duke of ...
Elevation of a wall with windows by John Phillp
It is unclear exactly what this watercolour by John Phillp portrays. The caption 'IP Invt 1799' suggests it was designed by Phillp so it may be from his imagination. However the view through the left ...
Engraving - Soho, Staffordshire
A view of Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory engraved and published by J Walker in "The Itinerant: A select collection of interesting and picturesque views, in Great Britain and Ireland". The inscription ...
Engraving of Soho Manufactory from Stebbing Shaw's History of Staffordshire
This engraving shows the Principal Building at Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory and was published in the History of Staffordshire produced by the Reverend Stebbing Shaw (1762-1802). It was drawn and ...
Entrance Hall, Soho House
This photograph of the Entrance Hall at Soho House was taken by Birmingham photographers Lewis and Randall in 1927. By this date Soho House, the former home of industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew ...
Entrance Hall, Soho House
This view of the Entrance Hall at Soho House was taken in 1927 by Lewis and Randall. By then the former home of Matthew Boulton was Soho Hall Hotel.
Just visible behind the further column is a passage ...
Floriate design by C.J. Phillp
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 ...
Gilt Button from the Luckock Collection
This gilt button is of the type which would have been produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Manufactory. Boulton produced a wide range of buttons and buckles which are shown in his pattern books. ...
Gilt Button from the Luckock Collection
This gilt button is of the type which would have been produced by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Manufactory. Boulton produced a wide range of buttons and buckles which are shown in his pattern books. ...
Hut in the Pleasure grounds of the Earl of Dartmouth by John Phillp
'Hutt in the Pleasure Grounds of the Earl of Dartmouth, at Sandwell... Sketch'd on the spot' by John Phillp, 1807.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by ...
Inventory of Furniture &c. at Soho House left in the care of Mr and Mrs Kimnell, page 1
By 1851 Soho House was owned by Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. As he lived mainly at Great Tew in Oxfordshire and in London he decided to let Soho House ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Photograph of the designer of the Great Eastern, showing anchor chains of the ship. Photographed by Robert Howlett; albumen print, 1857.
James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw ...
James Wyatt's bill, page 1
This is a copy of a bill from James Wyatt for work done in 1796 on drawings for alterations at Soho House.
Plans and elevations were drawn for various proposals along with details such as an elevation, ...
James Wyatt's bill, page 2
This the second page of a copy of a bill from James Wyatt for work done in 1796 on drawings for alterations at Soho House.
Plans and elevations were drawn for various proposals along with details such ...
James Wyatt's bill, wrapper
This the wrapper for a copy of a bill from James Wyatt for work done in 1796 on drawings for alterations at Soho House.
Plans and elevations were drawn for various proposals along with details such ...