Drawings, with a few photographs, of English baptismal fonts, chiefly by Mrs. Charlotte Esther Coxe, widow of Bodley's Librarian. The collection, which includes about 2, 400 sketches, was begun by miss Christian Rigaud, continued by Mrs. Coxe, and arranged alphabetically under counties in 1914 by miss Blanche Wroughton. The sketches, many of which are coloured, are signed and are all mounted on stout paper and kept in portfolios.
Dates
- Creation: 1845-1895
Extent
2.31 Linear metres (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. eccl. b. 2, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. eccl. b. 2-22
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12880
Abstract
Drawings by Charlotte Esther Coxe
Biographical / Historical
Charlotte Esther Coxe was the wife of Henry Octavius Coxe (1811-81), Bodley's Librarian. Details of Henry Octavius Coxe are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 36676-36696.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The drawings were presented to the Library by Rev. Hilgrove Coxe on June 3, 1914.
Physical Facet
On paper
Subject
- Title
- Drawings by Charlotte Esther Coxe
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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