BIB_ID
79889
Accession number
MA 1581.21
Creator
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827.
Display Date
Coleorton, 1824 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.1 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Written from Coleorton Hall.
With seal.
The sculpture by Michaelangelo that Beaumont refers to in this codicil is now known as the "Taddei Tondo" or "The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John."
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family.
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Beaumont gifts to the British Museum, no. 10).
With seal.
The sculpture by Michaelangelo that Beaumont refers to in this codicil is now known as the "Taddei Tondo" or "The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John."
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family.
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Beaumont gifts to the British Museum, no. 10).
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Consisting of a codicil in which Beaumont specifies that he is leaving the "Alto Relievo of the Holy Family by Michael Angelo now in the Gallery of my House in Grosvenor Square" to be disposed of after his death by his wife Margaret Beaumont.
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