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Bacon, John (article and chapter drafts)
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Bacon, John (article and chapter drafts)
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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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Articles
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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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Articles
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Pages of editorials and articles from The Architect, including unattributed articles probably by Esdaile. Includes the entire issue for April 7, 1922, and June 23, 1922. Articles consist of: "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: XI. John Michael Rysbrack (1693-1770)-cont." (Article with handwritten annotations) (April 7, 1922, full issue) "The Poster Question Again" (Editorial) (April 14, 1922) "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: XIV. Louis Francois Roubiliac (1695-1762)" (Article) (June 23, 1922, full issue) "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: XV. Joseph Wilton, R.A. (1722-1803)" (Article) (June 30, 1922)
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Bacon, John, the Younger (research material)
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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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John Bacon chapter (manuscript draft)
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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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"Studies of the English from Pierce to Chantrey" (typescript draft, annotated, incomplete)
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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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