William Griggs

William Griggs — the recorded working language is English. Work by William Griggs is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Photography Collection and Yale Center for British Art. William Griggs is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q18531319. Institutional cataloguing adds that william Griggs was born in 1832 at Lambeth. The same evidence establishes that william Griggs died in 1911 at Worthing. William Griggs is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Identity and overview

The following is established of the heading itself.

William Griggs is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q18531319. Institutional cataloguing adds that william Griggs is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Works and production

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. It is also recorded that wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the House Occupied by the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, as refaced in 1726 is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.16548).

Lunacy versus liberty : a letter to the Lord Chancellor, on the defective state of the law, as regards insane persons, and private asylums for their reception : with remarks, original and select, including the author's own case, and others / by William Griggs. is dated 1832 and held by Wellcome Collection. Doctor Judas : a portrayal of the opium habit / by William Rosser Cobbe. is dated 1895 and held by Wellcome Collection. The grant of arms to the Barber Surgeons' Company, 1569. Colour photolithograph by W. Griggs, 1885. is dated 1885 and held by Wellcome Collection. A treatise on the physical and medical treatment of children / William P. Dewees. is dated 1825 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Foreign bookbindings in the British museum ; illustrations of sixty-three examples selected on account of their beauty or historical interest / with introduction and descriptions by William Younger Fletcher, the plates printed in facsimile by W. Griggs. is dated 1896 and held by Wellcome Collection. [William Grigg correspondence]. is dated 2008- and held by Wellcome Collection. The record continues: william Grigg, bookseller and book-binder, in the Exchange, opposite to Broad-Gate, in Exon, sells, at the lowest prices, books of all sorts. .. is dated 1770 and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that a catalogue of scarce and valuable books, in divinity, history, law and physick , ... being the libraries of the Rev. Mr. William Harling, ... and Mr. John Kennedy, of Exon, ... which will be sold cheap (the prices printed in the catalogue) on Tuesday June 19th, 1764, ... at the house of William Grigg, .. is dated 1764 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Collections and holdings

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

Yale Center for British Art records 1 object associated with this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. The record continues: wellcome Collection records 23 objects associated with this heading.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 5 catalogued sources across 5 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, The Art Institute of Chicago, Allen Institute for AI and Wellcome Collection. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q18531319: William Griggs

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  2. 2.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming William Griggs.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with William Griggs.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 23 works naming William Griggs.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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