Address: To/ The xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Croxall Parsonage/ near/ Lichfield
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
MS: University of Kentucky Library. AL; 3p. (c).
Unpublished.
Note on correspondent: Identified by the address – Holworthy was Vicar of St John
the Baptist, Croxall, 1809–1839 – and by the letter’s content.
Sir Ashton Lever’s Holophusicon
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Description
This watercolor, copied ca. 1835 from Sarah Stone’s original—made on site in 1786—depicts Sir Ashton Lever’s museum, or “Holophusicon.” Making effective use of one-point perspective, the drawing depicts the long series of rooms comprising the upper floor of the museum.