- GB 235 BLT/2/14
- Item
- 1890-09-19
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French dated 52 years after Blaikie's death.
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Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French dated 52 years after Blaikie's death.
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Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Handwritten note in French which appears to include detail of discussion relating to Thomas Blaikie's complaints.
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Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Four engravings of notable French figures and two photographs of decorative items thought to belong to Blaikie and his family.
Bacler D'Albe, Louis, 1761-1824, printmaker, painter/draughtsman
Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Print of Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday entitled, 'Marie Anne Charlotte Corday, ci-devat Darmans Agée de 25 ans'. Portrait of Charlotte Corday, half-length, sitting at desk in her cell, holding a letter to her parents; in circle, with below a small figurative scene showing her assassinating Marat in his bath-tub. The portrait is in a black and gold painted wooden frame with a glass panel.
Another copy is held in the British Museum collection: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3599824&partId=1&searchText=Massol&page=1
(Box 4)
Massol
Print of Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XVII (the Dauphin)
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Monochrome print of Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XVII (the Dauphin), pictured in a circular frame above a marble stand containing a vase and various plants. The picture itself has been cut from a larger image and mounted on another piece of paper. The picture is in a black and gold painted wooden frame with a glass panel.
A similar copy of the portrait is held at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3523963&partId=1&searchText=Louis+seize&page=1
(Box 4)
Sauvage, Pieter Joseph, 1744-1818, sculptor/medallist, painter/draughtsman
Photograph of a marble bust of Marie Antoinette
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Colour photograph of a marble bust of Marie Antionette, on a black plinth and standing on a wooden table in front of a painted background. Believed to be a sculpture which belonged to the Blaikie family. (Box 3)
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Photograph of a clock belonging to Blaikie's family
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
One colour photograph of a clock, standing on a wooden table in front of a painted background. Notes on the back state it is a clock belonging to Blaikie's family. Image 55 in P. Taylor's book is of an identical clock, labelled as a gift from Louis XVI to Thomas Blaikie. (Box 3)
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Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Portrait of Jacques Balmat wearing a navy jacket and purple waistcoat in a circular, ageing stone frame; beneath is an old ledge under which is a old, cracked, inscribed tablet supported by two wooden bars; an axe and a broken spear cross each other beneath the portrait; foliage grows around the whole structure. Source: British Museum collection, where additional copies are held.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308021&partId=1&searchText=Balma&page=1
(Box 3)
von Mechel, Christian
Print of Michel Gabriel Pacard
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Portrait of Michel Gabriel Pacard in a circular frame; beneath is a ledge on which is an engraved plaque; beneath this is a picture with a view of Mont Blanc in a gold frame; foliage and pink ribbon decorate the structure.
Etching with hand-colouring. Source: British Museum collection, where copies of this portrait are also held. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308005&partId=1&searchText=Pacard&images=true&page=1
(Box 3)
Bacler D'Albe, Louis, 1761-1824, printmaker, painter/draughtsman
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Note in French detailing losses Thomas Blaikie incurred as a result of the French Revolution and total losses up to 1821.
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