CORRESPONDENCE and other papers of John Flaxman, R.A., sculptor (d. 1826), and of his household, which was composed of Ann (née Denman), his wife (d. 1820), Mary Ann Flaxman, his sister (d. 1833), and Maria Denman, his wife's sister (sale of her effects, Apr. 1862). From Sept. 1787 to 1794 Flaxman and his wife were absent from England and had their headquarters at Rome. Mary Ann Flaxman accompanied the Hare Naylor family abroad (1804- 1806), chiefly at Weimar and in Switzerland. The undated ...
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John Flaxman, RA: Correspondence and papers, etc.: 18th-19th centt.
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS from the Alfred Morrison collection. Vol. IV. (For the preceding volumes see above, 39672, 39673, 39757.) The contents are as follows :- 1. Memoir of Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, giving an account of the battle of Auerstädt (14 Oct. 1806) and the retreat which follo...
LETTERS to Sir William Hamilton, K.B., Envoy at Naples, from British diplomatists serving in Italy, with occasional holograph drafts of his replies (ff. 106, 120, 143, 147, 217, 231, 255, 275) ; 11 Sept. 1778-27 Feb. 1800. The writers are :- (a) John Udny, Consul at Leghorn, relating chiefly t...