<div dir="ltr">Just keep in mind that the abbreviation does not get expanded when transcribed in the imprint, the "r" just gets lowered to the line, "I. Flaxman, Junr." <div><br></div><div>Bonus trivia: the artist is known as "FLAX-MAN! The Linen Superhero!" in my household thanks to my husband having seen the all-caps surname on a file folder in my Rare Book School teaching materials.</div><div><br></div><div>Erin.</div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-5777880968247302286__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"High Tower Text",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Yes – it’s John Flaxman, Jun[io]r:
</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman</a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"High Tower Text",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"High Tower Text",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Eric Holzenberg<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> DCRM-L [mailto:<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew C. Haugen<br>
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<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Publication information on book of illustrations, 1795<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I take this to be an abbreviation of "Junior" relating to the name I. Flaxman which immediately precedes it. That is, John Flaxman, Junior.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery-packs/pack/classical/chapter/john-flaxman-jr-1755-1826" target="_blank">http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery-packs/pack/classical/chapter/john-flaxman-jr-1755-1826</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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