Author
John Flaxman is documented in Fuller’s letters, books, and published essays (1837–1845). 3 distinct works are named, most often in Italy., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had John Flaxman’s work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“with the aid of the fine Athenaeum copy, Flaxman's designs, and all the best commentaries.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · [ca. Summer 1837]
Directly tied to the Dante reading sentence as an aid used while reading ('with the aid of...Flaxman's designs').
“Tis pity that the designs of Flaxman are so poorly reproduced in this American book... The designs of Flaxman were really a noble comment upon Dante, and might help to interpret him... as in that of the meeting with Farinata, the expression cannot be destroyed while one line of the original remained.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“the whole hundred cantos of the Divina Commedia, with the aid of the fine Athenaeum copy, Flaxman's designs, and all the best commentaries.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
“I advise you to read some books connected with your pursuit, such as the lectures of artists upon art, for instance Flaxman, Sir J. Reynolds, Fuseli”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. III. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.
“Tis pity that the designs of Flaxman are so poorly reproduced in this American book... The designs of Flaxman were really a noble comment upon Dante, and might help to interpret him...”
Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860. · p106
Fuller discusses John Flaxman's designs illustrating Dante, as reproduced in the American edition of Henry Francis Cary's The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri.
“Illustrated with twelve Engravings from Flaxman’s designs—from the last corrected London Edition.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Italy." New-York Daily Tribune, 13 November 1845. · 13 November 1845
“The designs of Flaxman were a really noble comment upon Dante, and might help to interpret him”
Fuller, Margaret. "Italy." New-York Daily Tribune, 18 November 1845. · 18 November 1845
“But having received good part of our education from Flaxman and outline drawings from the antique, we have a high notion of the benefits”
Fuller, Margaret. "The Nubian Slave . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 24 June 1845. · 24 June 1845