Guide to the Sketchbook Created by Reginald Edward Thompson While Attending Brighton College, 1850 SPEC.RARE.MMS.0307 Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-07-06T10:55-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Sketchbook Created by Reginald Edward Thompson While Attending Brighton College SPEC.RARE.MMS.0307 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.06 Cubic feet 1850 Reginald Edward Thompson was a British physician who studied at Brighton College before attending medical school. He was known within his profession as an accomplished draftsman. The Sketchbook Created by Reginald Edward Thompson While Attending Brighton College contains one sketchbook with ink drawings of various scenes and figures from classical mythology, Greco-Roman artifacts, and architecture. The sketchbook was created by Thompson while attending Brighton College. It is dated 1850. (1) flat box English Thompson, Reginald Edward Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2018.0029: Purchased, 2018 February

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[identification of item], Sketchbook Created by Reginald Edward Thompson While Attending Brighton College, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0307, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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Biographical Note

Reginald Edward Thompson (1834-1912) was a British physician who studied at Brighton College, then Trinity College, before attending medical school. He worked as a physician and researched consumption cases in the Brompton Hospital for Consumption from 1869-1894. He was known within his profession as an accomplished draftsman.

Scope and Contents

The Sketchbook Created by Reginald Edward Thompson While Attending Brighton College contains one sketchbook with ink drawings of various scenes and figures from classical mythology, Greco-Roman artifacts, and architecture. The sketchbook is inscribed with a note from the creator's son, Reginald Campbell Thompson, indicating that the book was created by his father, Reginald Edward, while attending Brighton College. The book is dated 1850.

Thompson, Reginald Edward Civilization, Classical Drafters--England--19th century Drawings (visual works) Mythology, Greek Physicians--England--19th century Sketchbooks