Thomas Baskerfield

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]

West Entrance, St Albans Abbey, 1788 drawing.

Following his death, his collection of maps, books and other valuable documents was put up for auction by John Sotheby in 1817.^[4]

References

1. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Chauncy, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 171.
2. British Library Integrated Catalogue page.
3. Corfield, John Leigh. "Oldfield, Henry George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20678. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Sales of Libraries, &c". The Literary Panorama: 220. 1818. Retrieved 19 June 2018.