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Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain

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Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens

Letters to John Ives

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 4
Abstract:

A collection of thirty-nine letters to the British antiquary and herald John Ives (1751-1776), from several antiquarian colleagues, collectors, and scholars.

Dates: 1771-1779
Found in: Lewis Walpole Library > Letters to John Ives

[Collection of autograph letters of various English peers, statesmen, antiquaries, etc.]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN C232
Abstract:

MS.

Dates: 18th and 19th century
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of autograph letters of various English peers, statesmen, antiquaries, etc.]