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Call Number:
MSS 10
Creator:
Russell, W.
Title(s):
Letter to Joseph Nollekens.
Date:
undated
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
2-66
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Fund, June 2006.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
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:
About pedestals, presumably for busts. He will "leave the Pedestals entirely to your taste - the room in which they are to stand is not very lofty - part of the furniture is gilt, therefore I think a little gold in the letters would have a more appropriate appearance - perhaps it might be mixed with brown...". 10 October.
Physical Description:
1 page ; 23 x 19 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence , Portraits, Engravings (prints), Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance), and Letters
Subject Terms:
Artists
Collectors and collecting
Pedestals
Sculptors
Sculpture
Wills
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823
Finding Aid Title:
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/687
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/687?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1