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Rev Thomas Kerrich

Also known as: Rev Thomas Kerrich; primary name: Kerrich, Thomas
Details: individual; cleric/religious official; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1748-1828
Biography: Collector, amateur draughtsman and Cambridge University librarian. Author of a catalogue of prints after Heemskerck (published posthumously in 1829). Bequeathed important 15th- and 16th-century historical portraits to the Society of Antiquaries. Rest of his collection went to his son (Rev. R.E.Kerrich, q.v.), who bequeathed his collection to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1872. There is a large collection of costume studies and topographical drawings including studies of Norfolk churches in the MSS department of the British Library (Add. MS 4221, 5726, 5824, 5855, 5874, 6728–6759 Thomas Kerrich, Collections, late 18th/early 19th century), probably acquired as part of the bequest from the Rev. T Kerrich recorded in the BM 'Book of Donations 1823-1837' under 14 June 1828 of manuscripts and drawings of Gothic architecture in England made by himself. Married to Sophia Hayles who was the sister of the artist Jane C Hayles (q.v.). Descendants held large sale of remaining drawings and archive at Sotheby's 22.iii.2000.
Bibliography: Correpondence in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge See K.Sloan, 'A Noble Art', 2000, no.156 Lugt 1568

110 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0330.4 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0330.7 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0330.5 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1926,0410.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 Drawn by:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1535-1536

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0330.2 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1789

drawing

Museum number: Z,1.164 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0330.3 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1926,0410.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31808 Drawn by:Ambrosius Holbein |
Production date: 1517-1519

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0808.1811 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George Sigmund FaciusDrawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Museum number: 2007,7099.1 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1805

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0728.21 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1770-1780

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0728.23 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1775

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0330.6 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1794

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1972,U.536 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1773-1782

drawing

Museum number: 2001,0728.22 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Drawn by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1778

panel

Museum number: 1889,1203.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval

print

Museum number: 1861,1012.2466 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1782

print; album

Title: South Weald, Essex |
Museum number: 1931,0413.437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1795

print

Title: Charles, comte d'Anjou |
Museum number: 1867,0309.557 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Charles, comte d'Anjou & de Provence, roi de Naples de Sicile & de Jerusalem... |
Museum number: 1882,0311.1086 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Lepida Sergii Galbae uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Martia Fulvia Titi Vespasian uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2666 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Museum number: 1861,1012.2428 |
Producer name: BIOG30951 Print made by:Jane C Hayles |
Production date: 1795

print

Title: Bernabo Visconti |
Museum number: 1858,0417.371 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1783

print

Museum number: 1861,1012.2431 |
Producer name: BIOG30951 Print made by:Jane C Hayles |
Production date: 1793

print

Museum number: 1866,1013.88 |
Producer name: BIOG30951 Print made by:Jane C Hayles |
Production date: 1795

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Rev Thomas KerrichAfter:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1762-1828

print

Title: Bernabo Visconti |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2465 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: Caesonia Caesar Caligulae uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2659 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print; album

Museum number: 1931,0413.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Rev Thomas KerrichAfter:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1762-1828

print; album

Title: Bernabo Visconti |
Museum number: 1931,0413.170 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: Pierre de Bourbon |
Museum number: 1873,0510.2674 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Petronia Vitellii prima uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2464.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.101 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1762-1828

print

Museum number: 1897,1117.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giulio FontanaAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1569

print

Title: Rev. Thomas Kerrich, M.A. F.S.A. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.416 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Henry Perronet Briggs |
Production date: 1831

print; album

Museum number: 1931,0413.458 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1792-1793

print

Title: Bernabo Visconti |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2469 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.558 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1763-1828

print

Title: Bernabo Visconti |
Museum number: 1871,1209.3420 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1783

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.559 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1763-1828

print

Title: Ruins of the Abbey Church at Croyland from the S. W. |
Museum number: 1861,1014.2430 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1792

print; album

Museum number: 1931,0413.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Rev Thomas KerrichAfter:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1763-1828

print

Title: D. Titus Vespasian |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2654 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: The Ruins of the Carmelites Convent at Burnham in Norfolk |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1795

print

Title: A figure painted on Glass in a Window of the North Aisle of the Cathedral at Cologne |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2068 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: C. Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2644 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Nero Claudius Caesar |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2649 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.535 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: M. Sylvius Otho |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Sergius Galba |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Isaacus Milner, S.T.P. S.R. Soc. Decanus Carleolensis |
Museum number: T,8.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sigmund FaciusAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Pearce, D.D.F.R.S. |
Museum number: T,7.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Pearce, D.D.F.R.S. |
Museum number: 1864,1210.368 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Bentham M.A. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CookAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thomas Kerrich, M.A. |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1921 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sigmund FaciusAfter:Henry Perronet Briggs |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gulielmus Cole, A.M.A.S.Soc. |
Museum number: T,8.37.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb FaciusPrint made by:George Sigmund Facius |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Scorel |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2549 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sigmund FaciusPrint made by:Johann Gottlieb Facius |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.1345 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 After:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: late 18th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gulielmus Cole, A.M.A.S.Soc. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1432 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb FaciusPrint made by:George Sigmund Facius |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1866,1013.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Charles Earl of Valois |
Museum number: 1882,0311.1087 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Thomas Wale Esqr |
Museum number: T,8.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sigmund FaciusAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1794-1814

print

Title: Pompeia Julii Caes. Uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2656 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Museum number: 1862,0614.1356 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sigmund FaciusAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1765-1794

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.539 |
Producer name: After:Jan van GoyenPrint made by:Jane C Hayles |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Statilia Messalina Claudii Neron uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2661 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Lewis 1st the Great E. of Clermont & D. of Bourbon, who died Jan 1341 |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2468 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print; album

Title: George Laughan Esq.r |
Museum number: 1931,0413.459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1792

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.536 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1792-1793

print; album

Title: Charles Earl of Valois |
Museum number: 1931,0413.175 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Domitia Longina Domitiani uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2667 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Sr John de Creke & Lady |
Museum number: 1943,0410.295 |
Producer name: Print made by:CookIntermediary draughtsman:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1763-1850

print

Museum number: 1866,1013.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1793

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.370 |
Producer name: Print made by:Rev Thomas KerrichAfter:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1763-1828

print; album

Museum number: 1931,0413.174 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1763-1828

print

Title: Ruins of the Abbey Church at Croyland from the S. W. |
Museum number: 1866,1013.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Flavia Domicilla Vespani uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Albia Terentia Othonis Mater |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2663 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Robert Earl of Clermont |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2467 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Bernabo Visconti |
Museum number: 1882,0311.1085 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Louis de France Comte d'Evreux |
Museum number: 1873,0510.2673 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Rev Thomas KerrichAfter:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1762-1828

print

Title: Aelia Petina Claudii uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2660 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Charles Earl of Valois |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2470 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Livia Drusilla D. Oct. Augusti uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2657 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Title: Agrippina Tiberii uxor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2658 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIPublished by:Marco Sadeler |
Production date: 1585-1629

print

Museum number: 1866,1013.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Gysbert Gillisz. Hondecoeter |
Production date: 1795

print; album

Title: Philippe d'Artois |
Museum number: 1931,0413.176 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

print

Museum number: 1850,0810.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb FaciusPrint made by:George Sigmund Facius |
Production date: 1800

print

Title: George Laughan Esq.r |
Museum number: 1867,0309.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jane C HaylesAfter:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1792

print

Museum number: 1866,1013.87 |
Producer name: BIOG30951 Print made by:Jane C Hayles |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Lewis 1st the Great E. of Clermont & D. of Bourbon, who died Jan 1341 |
Museum number: 1882,0311.1088 |
Producer name: BIOG33695 Print made by:Rev Thomas Kerrich |
Production date: 1785

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