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Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823

 Person

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Autograph notes by Molesworth Phillilps. , 1782

 Item — 2-203
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

About a conversation between Charles Burney and Joseph Nollekens; annotated by William Upcott (to the effect that the writer was on one of Cook's voyages).

Dates: 1782

Draft of letter to Lord Falmouth., 1806 September 22

 Item — 3-42
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

About the monument to "the late Mrs. Boswin" (i.e. Frances Evelyn Boscawen). On the verso of a printed Royal Academy notice.

Dates: 1806 September 22

Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 10
Abstract:

This collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy--with many engravings and original manuscript letters--of the second edition of John Thomas Smith's Nollekens and his times, comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor: and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubillac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake (London : Henry Colburn, 1829).

Dates: 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836

Joseph Nollekens by F Chantrey 1816., 1816

 Item — 3-51
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Portrait of Joseph Nollekens.

Dates: 1816

Letter presumably to Joseph Nollekens., 1782

 Item — 2-76
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Giving him prior information about a motion due to be voted on by the House of Commons commissioning a monument to be erected in Westminster Abbey in honor of Lord Roberts Manners "who fell in the late engagement in Dominica".

Dates: 1782

Letter to an unidentified recipient., 1803 February 28

 Item — 2-432
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Announcing that Fuseli will give his second lecture at the Royal Academy this evening, 28 February 1803.

Dates: 1803 February 28

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1824 January 5

 Item — 2-18
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Regarding Joseph Nollekens' will, asking when legacies will be paid and fulminating against Francis Douce (who was the eventual principal legatee), calling him "that shabby and in fact dishonest fellow, Douce".

Dates: 1824 January 5

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1824 October 13

 Item — 1-32
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

About Nollekens' will: "more persons of the name of Le Rouz are coming forward to endeavour to prove themselves the next of kin to Mr. Nollekens, the possibility therefore exists that both my brother and self may be oblig'd to return every shilling".

Dates: 1824 October 13

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1826 January 2

 Item — 2-66
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Includes list of busts or reliefs by Nollekens of which he has the moulds, mentioning some sixty names of sitters, also listing six busts by Roubilliac in Nolleken's collection.

Dates: 1826 January 2

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1828 November 9

 Item — 3-3
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Saying that he would be very pleased to receive a copy of the book on Nollekens.

Dates: 1828 November 9

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1828 October 31

 Item — 3-4
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Acknowledging with gratitude and high praise Smith's book on Nollekens. Letter perhaps by Roper.

Dates: 1828 October 31

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1827 January 1

 Item — 3-6
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Saying that he has heard that he will have the printing of the book on Nollekens, and offering his thanks.

Dates: 1827 January 1

Letter to John Thomas Smith., undated

 Item — 3-8
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Praising his work on Nollekens.

Dates: undated

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Archival Object 62
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Subject
Correspondence 48
Engravings (prints) 13
Monuments -- Great Britain 4
Graphite drawings 3
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 2