Joseph Thomas Wood London Engravings

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Joseph Thomas Wood London Engravings, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet One legal sized folder.
Creator:
Wood, Joseph Thomas
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Joseph Thomas Wood London Engravings, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Twenty-six, 5" x 6.5", engravings of famous London landmarks printed by Joseph Thomas Wood on glazed cards. The card titled "London Bridge from the Surry side of the River Thames" has a note handwritten on the back that mentions William and Mary. All titles are written under the printed images in English on the left side, and French on the right.

The titles of the cards are as follows:

London Bridge from the Surry side of River Thames

The Colosseum Regents Park

Greenwich Hospital

Railway Pier Blackwall

Wellington Statue Hyde Park Corner

The Quadrant Regent Street

Windsor Castle

Duke of York's Column Waterloo Place

Apsley House, the residence of the late Duke Wellington

British Museum

Somerset House

Westminster New Bridge from the Surrey Side

Front View of Buckingham Palace, the Residence of Queen Victoria

St. Paul's Cathedral, London

New Houses of Parliament

Westminster Abbey

Royal Exchange, London

The Bank of England

Post Office, London

Nelson's Monument, Trafalgar Square

The Treasury, Whitehall

Hungerford Suspension Bridge

Statue of William the 4th at London Bridge

Crystal Palace, Lydenham

Hampton Court Palace

Custom House, London

Acquisition information:
Donated by The Valentine.