AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Apr 6, 2022
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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FLAXMAN JOHN: (1755-1826) British sculptor and draughtsman, a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Manuscript D.S., J Flaxman, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 13th March 1784. The document is a receipt of payment and states, in full, 'Received of Sir John Sebright five Guineas the remainder of Miss. Sebright's statue a bust of Mercury &c in full'. Slightly irregularly torn to the lower edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG
Sir John Sebright (1725-1794) British General and politician, a close friend of Edmund Burke. Sebright had two daughters, Mary (d.1854) and Henrietta (1770-1840).
