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Add MS 39780-39792

Record Id:

036-002059433

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002059431

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000012.0x00032b

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 39780-39792

Title:

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 series of letters are arranged in alphabetical order. Most of Miss Denman's Flaxman collections were sold at Christie's, Apr. 1862. From the Morrison sale, as above, lot 2666. Cf. also Add. MS. 39840. Eleven volumes and 39 note-books. Folio, except where otherwise stated.

Scope & Content:

John Flaxman, RA: Correspondence and papers, etc.: 18th-19th centt.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002059431
036-002059433

Is part of:

Add MS 39779-39793 : Third portion of the Alfred Morrison Collection sold at Sotheby's, 9-13 Dec. 1918.

Add MS 39780-39792 : CORRESPONDENCE and other papers of John Flaxman, R.A., sculptor (d. 1826), and of his household, which was composed of Ann…

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Hierarchy:

032-002059431[0002]/036-002059433

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Record Type (Level):

Series

Extent:

50 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
German
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1780

End Date:

1866

Date Range:

[1780-1866]

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Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Flaxman, John, sculptor and draughtsman, 1755-1826