BIB_ID
311485
Accession number
MA 429.8
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
"Thursday evening" [ca. 1826 Dec. 7].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 21.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "John Spottiswode Esq. / St. George St. / No. 16." Marked "Immediate."
Dating based on contents of the letter; John Flaxman died on 7 December 1826.
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters of Sir Walter Scott's friends and contemporaries; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Russell Square, Lawrence's home from 1813 until his death.
Dating based on contents of the letter; John Flaxman died on 7 December 1826.
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters of Sir Walter Scott's friends and contemporaries; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Russell Square, Lawrence's home from 1813 until his death.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Apologizing for not being able to see him when he called, noting he had just received news of Mr. Flaxman's death; discussing the history of the Royal Academy.
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