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Call Number:
MSS 10
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Welch, Anne
Title(s):
Letter to Joseph Nollekens.
Date:
1770 September 15
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
1-270
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Fund, June 2006.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Describing art collecting in Italy. 'By my last 8th inst. I have you an account of what I had done about the Basso rilievos; the Nobleman was really as good as his word, and he spoke both to the Cav. Nani and his brother, but they won't dispose of them, as they are determined to form a sort of gallery, and put all the antique and pictures in good order.' Welch mentions Lord Bute and asks for news of the Royal Academy in London, discusses the journey back to France and England ('if there is no danger of corsairs you may make it [the journey from Carara to Genova] by sea, as I did, in only twelve hours'). She finishes by listing a number of spelling mistakes Nollekens made in his last letter.
Physical Description:
3 pages ; 22.5 x 16.5 cm. Torn at end with loss of signature.
Genre:
Correspondence , Portraits, Engravings (prints), Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance), and Letters
Subject Terms:
Artists
Collectors and collecting
Sculptors
Sculpture
Wills
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823
Finding Aid Title:
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/3.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/605
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/605?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1