but also detailed scenes of the late 19th century archaeological excavations. He used many of these to illustrate his books. In 1893 the entire archive perished in a fire at the Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli depriving modern archeologists of an invaluable source of material. He died in Oxford. Publications A manual of gothic mouldings, and continuous ornament A manual of surface ornament A manual of gothic stone carving A glossary of terms used in British heraldry. Oxford, 1847 A Catalogue of a Series of Photographs Illustrative of the Archæology of Rome: Supplement to a catalogue... , Oxford, 1867. A B C of Gothic Architecture, London, 1881. Notes References Further reading External links The grave of John Henry Parker and his wife Frances in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford, with biography 1806 births 1884 deaths English architecture writers English archaeologists Companions of the Order of the Bath People associated with the Ashmolean Museum English booksellers English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English businesspeople Burials at St Sepulchre's Cemetery