Farington family correspondence ca. 1702-1858

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Farington family correspondence ca. 1702-1858

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This collection contains multigenerational correspondence and personal notes of the Farington family. Reverend William Farington (1704-1767) was the vicar of Leigh and rector of Warrington in Lancashire, England. His son, Joseph Farington, RA (1747-1821), was a landscape painter best known for two collections of engraved views of the English lakes. The collection consists of manuscript correspondence to and from the Reverend William Farington and his son Joseph Farington concerning Joseph's art studies with Richard Wilson and his work and life in London. The collection includes the personal notes of, and watercolors and a pen and ink caricature by, Joseph's younger brother and fellow artist George Farington. There are also letters to an older son, William, Jr., regarding his naval travels in the West Indies, as well as correspondence with other family members.

6 document boxes (3 linear feet)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6655183

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Farington, William, 1704 or 5-1767

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Farington, Joseph, 1747-1821

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x00021b Epithet: RA, artist and diarist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000200 English landscape painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Scott, Engraver, 1814 Jul. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522790 F...

Farington family.

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Biography This collection contains multigenerational correspondence and personal notes of the Farington family. Reverend William Farington (c.1704-1767), the second son of William Farington of Worden and Shaw Hall, Leyland, was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 11 February 1723. In 1733 he became vicar of Leigh, near Manchester, a post he held for thirty-four years, and in 1766 he became rector of Warrington (a l...

Farrington family

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