Fine Art (M5310.079), Sketch of Boats, against a Heavy Sky

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.081), A Ship on the Water, and Figures on a Bank

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.083), A View of Ships and Boats, on the Water [with Smugglers in a Boat?]

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.085), Sketty Green, near Swansea

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.087), A Ship under Construction, probably Welsh Side of Bristol Channel

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.089), A Gentleman [possibly John Morris] Hunting with his Dog

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.091), Walton Castle, Somerset

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.093), Walton Castle, Somerset

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.095), Blaise Castle, near Bristol

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.097), Mr Morris's Seat, [Clasemont House] Glamorganshire

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.099), The Downs, above Hotwells

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.101), A View of Redland

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.103), A Street Knife-Grinder

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.105), Blaise Castle, with Blaise Village and Henbury Church

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.107), View of Henbury, with Church, Henbury Awdelett (known as Henbury Manor) and Windmill

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.109), Distant View of Swansea

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.111), A View in Wales, near Swansea

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.113), Worms Head, Glamorganshire

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.115), A Channel Scene

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.117), A Channel Scene with Boats and Ships

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.118), A Page of Sketches

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.119), A Reaping Scene

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.120), Distant View of St Peter's Church, Isle of Thanet

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.123), A Hay Cart with St Peter's Church in the Distance

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.125), Mr Webster's House, Margate, and St Peter's Church, Thanet in the Distance

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (M5310.127), Some [Welsh?] Figures on a Road Side

a work on a page from a cream-coloured hardback sketchbook, of Whatman laid paper, with 60 used leaves.

Fine Art (K1013), Sir William Herschel

a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait in profile of Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), the Hanover-born astronomer, also musician, who lived in Bath between 1766 and 1782; this work is undated, but on the basis of the apparent age of the sitter and comparison with other portraits it probably dates to about 1805, when the artist was back in England having returned from the USA

Fine Art (K1032), The Rev. Rowland Hill

a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait in profile of Reverend Rowland Hill (1744-1833), the evangelical preacher, Calvinist in approach, who avidly preached all around the country; an early supporter of the Sunday School Movement, as a way of extending religious education to the children of the working class, he was an regarded as an eccentric and witty, larger-than-life figure; he also baptised Lord Winterstoke (William Henry Wills, 1830-1911), the philanthropic funder of the building of the Bristol Art Gallery, commenced in 1901, completed in 1904 and opened to the public in 1905 (which later became the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

Fine Art (K1020), Count de Beaujolais

a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait of Louis Charles Alphonse Léodgard d'Orléans, Count of Beaujolais (1779-1808); he was the third and youngest brother of Louis Phillipe (1773-1850), King of France from 1830 to 1848, and the second brother was Louis Antoine Phillipe, the Duke of Montpensier (1775-1807); for James Sharples Senior portraits of the sitter's brothers - see K1017 & K1019; for a portrait of the sitter, drawn by Ellen Sharples - see Mb801.066

Fine Art (K1035), Mr Brown of Philadelphia

a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait of an unidentified sitter known only as Mr Brown of Philadelphia; once thought to be a portrait of the Philadelphia-born novelist and Quaker, Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810), the likeness is clearly different to other confirmed portraits of the sitter

Fine Art (K1037), General North

a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait of General William North (1755-1836), army officer and US politician; he entered the continental (revolutionary) army in 1775 and became a Second Lieutenant the following year, after which he rose through the ranks; he left active service in 1787 and settled in Duanesburg, near Schenectady, New York, where he embarked on a political career; in 1798 he was appointed Adjutant General of the army, a position he held for two years and one that carried the rank of Brigadier General

Fine Art (K1030), Dr Haygarth

a framed colour drawing on grey paper, showing: a half-length portrait in profile of Dr John Haygarth (1740-1827), a physician who specialised in infectious diseases, most notably the treatment of fever in patients and the prevention of smallpox; his work was instrumental in reducing deaths by smallpox in Chester, where he had practised and lived from 1766; Haygarth moved from Chester to Bath in 1798, where he lived and worked until his death, and where this portrait was probably made; for an Ellen Sharples portrait of the sitter, see Mb801.100

Fine Art (Ma5615), The Pilgrim Inn, Tucker Street

a watercolour drawing, contained within a grangerised version of 'Past and Present'

Fine Art (Mb6247), Blaise Castle

Fine Art (Mb6262), Henbury Church

a lithograph on paper, showing Henbury Church near Bristol, and dedicated to Edward Sampson of Henbury

Fine Art (Mb6325), Clifton Rocks

Fine Art (Mb5037), Clifton Rocks

Fine Art (Mb5038), Clifton Rocks

Fine Art (Mb7305/1.333), The Cat and Wheel Public House, Bristol, 1824

a page from the grangerised version of 'The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol', Volume I, by William Barrett.

Fine Art (Mb6957), Mary-le-Port Street, Bristol