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upright teapots. When you return the sketches to be 

 modelled from, be pleased to give instructions concern- 

 ing the size and other necessary particulars. Mrs. 

 Flaxman presents her respects to Mrs. and Miss Wedg- 

 wood and yourself, and I have the honour to remain, 

 sir, your obliged servant, JOHN FLAXMAN." 



In 1783-84 Flaxman was engaged in various works 

 for W r edgwood, principally in chimneypieces and por- 

 traits. The marble chimneypieces were charged from 

 8 : 11 : 6 to 11 : 4s. ; but the masonry, polishing, and 

 carving were charged nearly double. Among the por- 

 traits were those of Herschel, Dr. Buchan, Captain Cook, 

 and C. Jenkinson. In 1784 he modelled a bas-relief of 

 boys in wax, for which he charged 11 :0 : 6. Flax- 

 man was also busy with the models of the celebrated 

 Chessmen. The following letter relates to the decora- 

 tion of Wedgwood's drawing-roorn at Etruria : 



"Ward our Street, 5th February 1784. Sir I was 

 last night honoured by Mr. Byerley with your inquiry 

 concerning the pictures you employed me to paint for 

 the drawing-room ceiling. 1 The four Divinities' heads 

 for the corners have been nearly finished, and the 

 Allegory for the centre has had the effect roughly laid 

 in some months since, and would have been entirely 

 completed long before this, but that I waited for your 

 opinion on them, as you were expected in town almost 



1 It would appear from this letter that Flaxman painted some of the 

 figures on Wedgwood's drawing-room, besides Angelica Kaufmann, as 

 explained in a previous note. 



