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HU/1 Original correspondence of Ozias Humphry, volume 1 1753-1774
                        >HU/1/35 Memoir of Ozias Humphry, cont'd [c.1802]
Reference CodeHU/1/35
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TitleMemoir of Ozias Humphry, cont'd
Date[c.1802]
Extent & Medium1 piece
Content DescriptionRecounting his early studies, while with the Linley's; that he could see pictures by Gainsborough and Hoare but no old masters; and so he goes back to London and hooks up with the men who populated his youthful months in the capital, Cosway, Cross, Mortimer, Hodges, Jones and William Pars; he recounts his reception by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. and the encouragement this gave him.