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Call Number:
MSS 10
Creator:
Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826
Title(s):
Letter to John Thomas Smith.
Date:
1824 January 5
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
2-18
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:
Regarding Joseph Nollekens' will, asking when legacies will be paid and fulminating against Francis Douce (who was the eventual principal legatee), calling him "that shabby and in fact dishonest fellow, Douce".
Physical Description:
2 pages ; 20.5 x 16.5 cm.
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:
Douce, Francis, 1757-1834
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
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/658
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/658?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1