Scrapbook of Joseph Farington Scrapbook. c.1817
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RCIN 1145475, ‘Joseph Farington Scrapbook. C.1817’
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Scrapbook of Joseph Farington Scrapbook. c.1817
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Brief Summary:
A commonplace book compiled by artist and diarist Joseph Farington.
Detailed Summary:
The commonplace book contains extracts from Voltaire, William Cowper, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Edward Gibbon, as well as biographical sketches of Mary Robinson and John Horne Tooke. Also included are notes taken from Dr Fothergill concerning pollution in London and dietary recommendations for healthy living.
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190 x 120 mm
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History
Date:
c.1817
Ownership:
Passed to Richard Atherton Farington (1755-1822) after Joseph Farington’s death, and then to William Farington (1777-1868) who bequeathed them to his son, also William.
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The papers were discovered at Northwood Lodge in 1921 and purchased at auction by Lord and Lady Bathurst for serialisation in the “Morning Post” by James Grieg. Lady Bathurst presented volumes of Farington’s diary to George V in 1924. The Royal Library pu
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