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John Flaxman
1755-1826
Britannia and Two Prelates. Verso: Sketch for architectural(?) layout
Brown wash, pen and brown ink, over graphite pencil, on paper; verso: pencil.
8 3/4 x 13 inches (220 x 330 mm)
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
1981.21:3
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Watermark: [W]HATMAN / 1825 (cf. Heawood 3457-64).
Design for three statues.
The Royal Library purchased from Frederick Koch the entire group of drawings formerly at Windsor Castle, except for the three sheets now in the Morgan Library.
Provenance:
Royal Library, Windsor Castle; part of a group of drawings by Flaxman and his circle, said to have been stolen by the librarian Clifford Smith, and sold by his heirs in their sale, London, Christie's, 24 March 1981, lot 100; Frederick R. Koch.
Associated names:
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 258.
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