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Books maps and prints from the Thomas Layton collection

Books maps and prints from the Thomas Layton collection. Some of these are on permanent display at Gunnersbury Park Museum, most of the collection is at Hounslow Library. 26 th April 1848 entry in Layton’s diary. The 1913 court order that changed the provision of the will.

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Books maps and prints from the Thomas Layton collection

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  1. Books maps and prints from the Thomas Layton collection Some of these are on permanent display at Gunnersbury Park Museum, most of the collection is at Hounslow Library.

  2. 26th April 1848 entry in Layton’s diary

  3. The 1913 court order that changed the provision of the will

  4. The first page of Layton's will.

  5. A page from an article entitled “Late-Celtic Urn-field at Aylesford, Kent” by John Evans, FSA from Archaeologia: miscellaneous tracts relating to Antiquity, second series volume ii, 1890 (Book 12315)

  6. A page from Pitt River’s “Excavationsin Branborne Chase (Book 7414)”

  7. A page from one of Turner’s handwritten stock books of the Layton collection

  8. Cover of catalogue for • Tuesday 9th June 1914 sale • Front page of catalogue for Tuesday 9th June 1914 sale

  9. Some of the lots for the Tuesday 9th June 1914 sale

  10. Some of the lots for the • Friday 23rd January 1914 sale

  11. Cary’s New Guide for Hackney Coach Fares,by J Cary (book 11250)

  12. The New British Theatre”, (books 3272). The top two volumes of the restored picture are Pills to Purge Melancholy,vols 5 & 6 by T D’Urfey, (book 2774)

  13. The collected volumes of “Pitt River’s Excavations in Branborne Chase” (Book 7414)

  14. Open pages from “Britannia” by William Camden, 1610 edition, one of the first books to detail ancient monuments and Roman inscriptions in Britain (Book 6828)

  15. A coloured plate from “Tent life in tiger land” by James Inglis, 1888 (Book 699

  16. West entrance to the tunnel, Regent’s canal, Islington, 1822 (Print 1378)

  17. Fire in London, by Pugin & Rowlandson 1808 (Print 957)

  18. The Company of Undertakers, satirical print by Hogarth, published 1736 (Print 4689)

  19. The only known picture of Layton’s House on Kew Bridge Road

  20. Benjamin Hardy, • friend and business partner of Layton

  21. General Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers, FSA, FRS, • one of the ‘fathers’ of modern archaeology

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