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Thomas Baskerfield

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West Entrance, St Albans Abbey, 1788 drawing.

Thomas Baskerfield FSA (died 1816) was an English topographical artist and cartographer from Colchester, Essex, active from 1785 through 1816.[1] There are 235 of his drawings and plans listed in the British Library Catalogue.[2] With Richard Gough he was a patron of the artist Henry George Oldfield.[3]

Following his death, his collection of maps, books and other valuable documents was put up for auction by John Sotheby in 1817.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Chauncy, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 171.
  2. ^ British Library Integrated Catalogue page.
  3. ^ Corfield, John Leigh. "Oldfield, Henry George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20678. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Sales of Libraries, &c". The Literary Panorama: 220. 1818. Retrieved 19 June 2018.