Flaxman Manuscripts

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS FLAXMAN
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full 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
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Online catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

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