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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Typescript and manuscript notes on the family history of John Bacon RA and John Bacon the Younger including correspondence to Esdaile from Gertrude Bacon about her ancestors with manuscript transcripts of historical documents (1925 and undated); notes on statuary commissions; a list of Bacon pencil portraits chiefly by Bacon the younger; additional miscellaneous notes; and a late 19th century pedigree of the Bacon family.
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Includes typescript and copy of article printed in The Architect (September 8, 1922); annotated typescript chapter XXI of "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey" published, 1922; manuscript chapters 1-3 of "John Bacon, R.A. 1749-1799" by Esdaile; and an unidentified fragment of a typescript and manuscript piece on Bacon (pages 11-19).
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Includes preface, acknowledgements, table of contents; fragment of Peter Scheemaker chapter (1 pp.); Chapter V. Colley Cibber (pp. 3-8 and, possibly from a different publication, pp. 25-28); Chapter IX. Some Minor Sculptors: Plumier, Quellin, and the Van Nosts (incomplete?); Chapter XI. The Craftsmen Families and Certain Lesser Men (includes the Stanton Family, the Carter Family, the Taylor Family; and Thomas Green, James Fisher and the Camberwell sculptors; James Fisher); Chapter XIV. John Michael Rysbrack (cont.); Chapter XV. John Michael Rysbrack (cont.); Chapter XVI. John Michael Rysbrack (concluded); Chapter XX. John Bacon, R.A.; Chapter XXI. John Bacon, R.A. II. Provision List of Works; Chapter XXIII. The Sculptor of the Opposition and Two Men Immortalised by Elia" (incomplete, 4 pp. on John Francis Moore).
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Contains research material for the history including: Inventory of Church Goods dated 1595 - 3 pages from British Museum references (typescript) Notes on 1466 'Company's Tapestry' on St. Martin 'as recorded in a Print' (typescript) Notes on church (manuscript) Rare Book Catalogue of 1942 with refs to St. Martin's
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Consists of manuscript draft and pages/clippings from The Architect (p. 172, September 8, 1922) with manuscript annotations and additions.
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Pages of editorials and articles from The Architect, including unattributed articles probably by Esdaile. Includes the entire issue for July 21, 1922, and August 11, 1922. Articles consist of: "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: XVI. Some Minor Sculptors" (Article on Quellin, John Van Nost [or Ost]) (July 21, 1922, full issue + annotated publisher's proof) "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: XVII. Some Minor Sculptors" (Article on John Van Ost [Junior], Laurent Delvaux) (August 11, 1922, full issue) "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: XX. John Bacon, R.A." (Article, with editorial "The Limits of Architecture" attached) (September 8, 1922) "'Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat'" (Editorial) (November 3, 1922) "Correspondence. Additions and Corrections to the Articles on British Sculptors" (Letter to the editor) (December 29, 1922)
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