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No. 2925 of 10319 |
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| Sender | Date | Recipient |
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John Gibson
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Sender’s LocationRom |
27.10.1821
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Dating based onDateringen fremgår af brevet. |
Rose Lawrence
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Recipient’s LocationAntagelig Liverpool |
AbstractThe commentary for this letter is not available at the moment. |
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27th September 1821 Roma
[...] The group which the Marquis Canova is doing for the King has several spots on it, this is the third time which he has done it. The first and second he actually threw on one side being very much marked. Thorvaldsen’s Venus for the Duke of Devonshire is very badly spotted, he never changes a figure on account of spots in the marble. [...]
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Af brevet citeres kun de dele, som vedrører/omhandler Thorvaldsen. Brevet er afskrevet med enkelte ortografiske rettelser og venligt stillet til rådighed af Eric Forster. | |
| Archival Reference | |
| Ukendt arkivplacering, men en afskrift af brevet findes hos Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Register of Archives (1986) @A7. | |
| Subjects | |
| Marble Carving · Spotless Marble | |
| Persons | |
| Antonio Canova · William Cavendish · Bertel Thorvaldsen | |
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