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Thomas Baskerfield
English topographical artist and cartographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Baskerfield FSA (died 1816) was an English topographical artist and cartographer from Colchester, Essex, active from 1785 through 1816.[1] There are 235 of his drawings and plans listed in the British Library Catalogue.[2] With Richard Gough he was a patron of the artist Henry George Oldfield.[3]
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Following his death, his collection of maps, books and other valuable documents was put up for auction by John Sotheby in 1817.[4]