BIB_ID
188194
Accession number
MA 14304
Creator
Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1857 March 19.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 13.3 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Written on black-edged mourning stationery from "30 Russell Square W."
Maria Denman was the sister of Thomas Denman and the sister-in-law and adopted daughter of artist John Flaxman (1755-1826); she assumed control of the Flaxman estate, including the artist's collection of plaster models, following the death of his wife Mary Ann Flaxman, and in 1848, through the agency of Henry Crabb Robinson, who was a friend of Flaxman, gave the 120 models to University College London.
Maria Denman was the sister of Thomas Denman and the sister-in-law and adopted daughter of artist John Flaxman (1755-1826); she assumed control of the Flaxman estate, including the artist's collection of plaster models, following the death of his wife Mary Ann Flaxman, and in 1848, through the agency of Henry Crabb Robinson, who was a friend of Flaxman, gave the 120 models to University College London.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing of his anxiety to return a document to her, saying "I have repeatedly set out to call on you but could not effect it."; informing her of the death of "Our old friend" Mrs. [Eliza] Aders, "With all her faults she was an object of admiration & love as a lady said the other day a gem with a crack is worth a great deal more than a piece of common earthenware"; hoping that she has made some progress with plans to publish some outlines (presumably a reference to the work of John Flaxman), adding that he is inclined to think that except with the "power to purchase at a fixed price it will be better to take no notice of the College in the instrument", and that he questions "whether there is any one cast the college does not possess which is now in your house".
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