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Flaxman Manuscripts


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS FLAXMAN

Held at: University College London

Title: Flaxman Manuscripts

Date(s): 1788

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 volumes, 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Flaxman | John | 1755-1826 | sculptor and draughtsman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Flaxman was born in York on 6 July 1755. He was a sickly child, but showed a great aptitude for drawing. He spent his early life in London and attended the Academy Schools. He became known as a sculptor and draughtsman, with interests in art, architecture, engineering, construction, naval architecture and surveying. In 1787 he fulfilled a cherished ambition of travelling to Rome where he stayed until 1794, when he returned to London, a famous artist. In 1810 he was appointed Professor of Sculpture in the Academy. He died in 1826.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript items of John Flaxman, comprising his journal, kept by him in Naples in 1788, consisting of manuscript text and drawings; and a commonplace book containing manuscript notes on sculpture and art and some pencil and ink sketches.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The journal was presented in 1865 by Henry Vaughan, and the book in 1921 by Sir Alexander Gibb.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Includes a typescript of the main text of the journal.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999; updated May 2018


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Commonplace books | Manuscripts | Documents | Information sources
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Drawings | Visual materials
Sculptors | Artists
Sculpture | Fine arts
Illustrations
Primary documents

Personal names
Flaxman | John | 1755-1826 | sculptor and draughtsman

Corporate names

Places
Naples | Italy | Western Europe | Europe