Curator’s Choice – Fowler’s Mosaics
William Fowler was a joiner and architect, who lived during the Georgian period. He was born in 1761 and died in 1832. He lived all in his life in the same house in Winterton, with the family’s joinery business operating from a workshop out the back.
Fowler was interested in what we now call archaeology and this interest developed into a side career publishing and selling engravings of Roman mosaics, Medieval tile floors, stained glass windows and church architecture.
In this film, Heritage Manager Rose Nicholson takes a closer look at the first volume of engravings William Fowler produced.
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Curator’s Choice – A Venetian Soldino in Lincolnshire
A closer look at Venetian soldino in the Museums collection.
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Curator’s Choice – Atkinson’s Illustrations
A closer look at the drawings of Alfred Atkinson for the Brigg Court of Sewers.
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Curator’s Choice – Bill’s Letters to Home
A closer look at a series of letters sent by William ‘Bill’ Smith to his fiancé Evelyn Goodacre.
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Curator’s Choice – Boy’s Dresses
A closer look at the clothes worn by Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald as a small boy.
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Curator’s Choice – Magnificent Moths
A closer look at the Museum’s moth collection.
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Curator’s Choice – Of Mourning and Bonnets
A closer look at a selection of Victorian mourning bonnets.
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Curator’s Choice – Reverend Parkinson’s Waistcoat
A closer look at the Reverend Parkinson’s waistcoat.
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Curator’s Choice – Riley’s Crisp Factory
A closer look at Scunthorpe’s Riley’s Crisp Factory.
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Curator’s Choice – Stukeley’s Itinerarium Curiosum
A closer look at William Stukeley’s book, the Itinerarium Curiosum.
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Curator’s Choice – The Flintlock Flint
A closer look at gunflints.
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Curator’s Choice – The Thresher
A closer look at the threshing machine.
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Curator’s Choice – The Unassuming Plough Pebble
A closer look at Medieval plough pebbles.
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Curator’s Choice – The Wroot Axe
A closer look at the Neolithic Wroot Axe.
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