Monday 15 July 2019

The Parsons of Bath - 18th Century Stone Carvers. Part 5.



The Parsons of Widcombe, Bath.

18th Century Stone Carvers.

Part 5.

Robert Parsons (1717 - 1790).

Thomas Parsons (1744 - 1813).


Some notes and photographs with particular reference to the pocketbook collection of drawings of designs by Thomas Parsons - A Collection of Vases Terms etc, Bath Central Library, B731.7 PAR 38:18

I am very grateful to the archivists at Bath Archives for allowing me access and to take the photograph here of this manuscript.




I have previously posted at some length on the 18th Century stone carvers of Widcombe, Bath, Somerset see:

https://english18thcenturyportraitsculpture.blogspot.com/2018/07/parsons-and-greenway-sculptors-of-bath.html
















































The Parsons of Bath - 18th Century Stone Carvers. Part 4.




The Parsons of Widcombe, Bath.

18th Century Stone Carvers.
Part 4.

Robert Parsons (1717 - 1790).

Thomas Parsons (1744 - 1813).


Some notes and photographs with particular reference to the pocketbook collection of drawings of designs by Thomas Parsons - A Collection of Vases Terms etc, Bath Central Library, B731.7 PAR 38:18

I am very grateful to the archivists at Bath Archives for allowing me access and to take the photograph here of this manuscript.




I have posted previously at some length on the 18th Century stone carvers of Widcombe, Bath, Somerset see:

https://english18thcenturyportraitsculpture.blogspot.com/2018/07/parsons-and-greenway-sculptors-of-bath.html







































































































































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The Parsons of Bath - 18th Century Stone Carvers. Part 3.



The Parsons of Widcombe, Bath.

18th Century Stone Carvers.
Part 3.

Robert Parsons (1717 - 1790).

Thomas Parsons (1744 - 1813).


Some notes and photographs with particular reference to the pocketbook collection of drawings of designs by Thomas Parsons - A Collection of Vases Terms etc, Bath Central Library, B731.7 PAR 38:18

I am very grateful to the archivists at Bath Archives for allowing me access and to take the photograph here of this manuscript.




I have posted previously at some length on the 18th Century stone carvers of Widcombe, Bath, Somerset see:

https://english18thcenturyportraitsculpture.blogspot.com/2018/07/parsons-and-greenway-sculptors-of-bath.html































































The Urn on the left - two similar painted to simulate porphyry in the Pantheon at Stourhead

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