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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Typescript and manuscript documents chiefly related to and including transcriptions (with fragments) from "Reminiscences of the late John Bacon Esq. R.A. [John Bacon the Younger] and other persons of his time ... 1847," which includes transcriptions of historical letters, reminiscences on King George III, his father John Sr. and the Royal Academicians including Joshua Reynolds, as well as some accompanying footnotes, annotations and manuscript text by Katharine Esdaile.
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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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Largely notes on sculptors including notes on John Bacon "GM 1799 II p. 724," obituary and then general biographical materials; notes on Wesley's bust (page 13); note on Wedgwood; note on monument to Sir Henry Henry (?); BLANK PAGES; BOOK REVERSES; note on Holt (page 28) note on Coade; note on Cibber; note on Gibbons; Westminster Abbey (page 37); RA Exhibits of John Bacon; Notes on visit (date unknown) to Island of Jersey; Jersey sculpture and history of French invasion in 1781; further notes on Bacon (page 51); Wellcome Museum (page 58); Folkington (March 11 1929); West Dean; Eastbourne (great obituary!); Belton Percy; Sheffield. Missing back cover.
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74 letters including correspondence with owners and family descendants of Bacon RA and Roubiliac.
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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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