Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Flaxman, John, 1755-1826

Title:

Letter to Lady Barbarina Dacre.

Published / Created:

ca. 1805.

Physical Description:

1 sheet : autograph letter, signed ; 23 x 37 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Archives & Manuscripts

Notes:

Lady Barbarina Brand, daughter of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, was a poet, dramatist, and amateur wax modeller, specializing in the modelling of horses. See: Pyke, E.J. Biographical dictionary of wax modellers, p. 35.

The letter is undated; the paper bears a watermark date of 1805.

The letter, addressed to Mrs. Wilmot (i.e., Lady Barbarina Dacre) "with Mr Flaxman's respectful compliments," provides brief instructions "to make modelling wax."

Subject Terms:

Wax-modeling. | Dacre, Barbarina, Lady, 1767–1854 -- Correspondece. | Flaxman, John, 1755–1826 -- Correspondece.