Reference code
WA/5
Title
Commonplace book containing conversations with James Northcote
Date
1813-1821
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 volume, 34pp.
Previous reference codes
643.E
Content Description
Fair copy of Ward's notes of conversations with Northcote on artistic matters of all kinds, mentioning many of the most notable artists of the period since
Reynolds. Among others they touch on
Gainsborough,
Haydon,
Opie,
Hoppner,
Harlow,
Wilkie and
Maria Cosway. The conversation centres of artistic matters almost to the exclusion of other types of anecdote.
Physical Characteristics
Rebound at some point late in the 19th century.