Images and documents

"Brueghel - view of a post mill"

RHSC-01-01-010
Item
1614

Part of Richard Hills Collection

Hills, Richard L

"Scantlings & Dimensions of Engines, with the prices for building the same by Mr. Grundy"

REXW-WIN-01-29-007
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Grundy

"Dimensions and Scantlings of a 22 Feet Post Engine (Vizt)"

REXW-WIN-01-29-004
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Unknown author

"Account of Engin by Harrison Engin Maker at Spalding"

REXW-WIN-01-29-005
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Harrisson, Thomas, engineer, Spalding

"Dimensions and Scantlings of a 26 Feet Post Engine"

REXW-WIN-01-29-006
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Harrisson, Thomas, engineer, Spalding

Detail from an oil painting, post mill, Richmond

KGFC-GPN-E-077
Item
No date (copy of painting from c 1730)

Part of Kenneth G Farries Collection

Farries, Kenneth G, author

"The Camp at Cox Heath"

SPAB-WIS-BERKS-04
Item
1778 (copy)

Part of SPAB Mills Section Collection

Photograph from Victoria and Albert Museum of painting "The Camp at Cox Heath" by Sandby, showing post mill. It is not clear why this has been filed with the Berkshire material.

Sandby, Thomas (1721-1798), painter

Design for altering Hankells Iron Hoop Mill at Wandsworth

ASHL-25-005
Item
1779

Part of Hallam Ashley Mill Photograph Collection

A photograph made by Hallam Ashley of a technical drawing done by John Smeaton in the 18th century.

Tentatively identified as Middle Mill, Wandsworth.

Smeaton, John (1724-1792), engineer

Post mill, Newmarket

DOLM-11602
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Copy of original from c 1800

Part of Peter Dolman Collection

Newmarket from a print in Cambridge Library

Post mill, Newmarket

DOLM-11606
Item
Copy of original from c 1800

Part of Peter Dolman Collection

Newmarket from a print in Cambridge Library

Port Hall Mill, Brighton, photograph of watercolour(?)

FWGC-1111677
Item
? 19th century

Part of Frank W Gregory Collection

Showing post mill with shuttered sails, ladder fan and weight wheel/box on tail of buck; second mill, type indeterminate, on horizon.

Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998)

Photograph of painting, Port Hall Mill, Brighton

FWGC-GPN-A-051
Item
19th century

Part of Frank W Gregory Collection

Poor painting (watercolour?) showing post mill apparently in w/o, with distinguished-looking house on right. Mill has tailpole fan and weight wheel and box on tail
Sussex: Brighton/Eastbourne region

Unknown photographer