ENGLISH NEO-CLASSICAL ARTISTS am studying the writings of the principal
English neo-classical artists, in an attempt to analyse this aspect of eighteenth-century taste. I um particu- larly anxious to trace manuscript letters, journals and any other documents in private possession. If any of Your readers own or know the whereabouts of such material by (or relating to) the following five artists, should be extremely grateful to hear from them : John Flaxman, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, James Barry and Gavin Hamilton. Any manuscripts sent to me will be treated with great cart and returned Promptly.
In the case of Fuseli I 'especially want to trace the Present whereabouts of two sets of letters by him that were auctioned in country house sales about 1938. and also any material (in this cast including draWings) of an erotic nature.—Yours faithfully,
DAVID IRWIN
University of London; Courtauld Institute of Art, 20 Portman .54:tare, WI
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