John Flaxman, Buckingham Street, Fitzroy Square [to an unidentified correspondent]

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Reference code

JU/2/41

Title

John Flaxman, Buckingham Street, Fitzroy Square [to an unidentified correspondent]

Date

25 Sep 1805

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Flaxman states that he has always avoided popularity and therefore declines his correspondent's offer of a dedication. He then offers some conjectures about the sculptors engaged on King's College Chapel [Cambridge] during the reign of King Henry VII, and concludes by wishing his correspondent success in his "arduous labours". Flaxman adds further remarks about the sculptors at work on the chapel in the time of King Henry VI in a postscript.