William Godwin's Diary

Flaxman, John

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 12 times, but was not at home (N) 2 times, and was a venue (V) 6 times.

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1800

17  May  1800

1802

27  September  1802 (V) 12  November  1802 (V)

1803

21  October  1803

1804

20  July  1804 7  September  1804

1805

8  December  1805 (V)

1806

9  May  1806

1807

21  September  1807 (NV)

1810

14  April  1810 (NV) 19  April  1810 (V)

1826

7  December  1826

  • Name: Flaxman, John
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 6  July  1755
  • Death Date: 7  December  1826
  • Occupation: sculptor
  • Occupation: decorative designer
  • Occupation: illustrator

John Flaxman exhibited at the Royal Academy from the 1770s and later spent seven years in Rome in 1787-94, which helped to develop and secure his international reputation. The entries in the diary cluster betwen 1797 and 1810. The first contact is at the Milton Gallery on 17 May 1800, but this may simply be noting Flaxman's presence rather than indicating a contact. Flaxman's appearance in the 1796 list suggests that they first meet in 1802, although this is deduced from the fact that 1803 is given as the date after the list of names in which Flaxman appears. Marshall suggests that while Godwin is keen to make his acquaintance, Flaxman avoids him.

Godwin recorded his death in 1826.

  • MS. Abinger c. 8, fol. 6: 19 November 1802
  • MS. Abinger c. 8, fol. 73: 16 July 1804
  • DNB
  • Marshall, p. 259.

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 2
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 2
Hoare, Prince 2
Johnson, Joseph 1
Bannister, John 1
Gilpin, William 1
Reynolds, Samuel William 1
Smith, John 1
Banks, Thomas 1
Westall, Richard 1
Shee, Sir Martin Archer 1
Bourgeois, Peter Francis 1
1
Kemble, John Philip 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 1
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Reynolds, Frederick 1
Marshall, James 1
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 1
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1
Lathrop, Murray 1
West, Benjamin 1
Dupré, 1
Busby, Thomas 1
Carron de La Carrière, Abbe Guy-Toussaint-Julien 1
Fiévée, Joseph 1
Wilbraham, William (Bootle, Baron Skelmersdale) 1
de Ocheda, Tommaso 1
Polidori, Gaetano 1
Damiani, F 1
Spanky, 1
Pye, Henry James 1
Tassart, Philippe (Joseph) 1
Braham, 1
Dubois, Edward 1
Nollekens, Joseph 1
Smirke, 1
Northcote, James 1
Opie, John 1
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1
Smith, John Raphael 1
Reed, Isaac 1
Dawe, George 1
Townsend, Francis 1
Beccaria, J 1
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 1