Whittingham and Humphreys sketches, 1888-1914
Scope and Contents
This collection of 32 bound volumes of fashion sketches from the London dress firm Whittingham and Humphrey, later Humphrey. The sketches are in pencil and/or ink. Some sketches have suggested materials and colors noted.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1914
Creator
- Whittingham and Humphreys (Firm) (Organization)
Language of Materials
English Latin
Conditions Governing Access
Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive. If you have any questions, or wish to schedule an appointment contact us at [email protected] or call (212) 217-4385.
Conditions Governing Use
The Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.
Biographical / Historical
Whittingham & Humphreys was a London based high-end design firm working in the Victorian era.
Full Extent
1 placeholder : 3 linear feet (3 boxes) of sketches
Custodial History
* Collection previously belonged to the Ashmoleon Musuem of Art and Archeology at the University of Oxford. Dates unknown. Rehoused in 2012.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from Sotheby, Parke, Bernet in August 1979
Existence and Location of Originals
The Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive, 27th St. at 7th Ave., NY, NY , USA, 10001
General
Whittingham & Humphreys was a London based high-end design firm working in the Victorian era.
General
Published
Processing Information
* Circa dates are based on dates penciled in first page by previous archivist, how these dates were determined or verifed is unknown. Notations in some of the bound volumes indicate that the collection belonged to the Ashmoleon Musuem of Art and Archeology at the University of Oxford.
* 2020 November: Archivists worked on ingesting this legacy finding aid into AtoM from a remote location due to the pandemic and are unable to access the physical holdings to verify some of its data that may be incorrect or incomplete.
* Arrangement, description, and/or archival processing by Julianna Rose Dow, FIT, NY, NY, USA
* Additional description by Meg Pierson, 2020, FIT, NY, NY
- Title
- Whittingham and Humphreys sketches, 1888-1914
- Date
- 2020-11-19
- Description rules
- Aat; Ansi; Dacs; Dcmi; Isad(g); Iso; Lo C; Niso; Etc
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository