Saturday, 10 October 2026

John Bacon I - notes.

 


John Bacon I sculptor and John Linnell cabinet maker.

John Linnell’s private life is difficult to unravel. There is no record that he ever married but in his will he bequeathed two hundred pounds to Ann Gale, daughter of Ann Gale [TNA, PROB 11/1275/28]. 

This lady is believed to be his illegitimate daughter, and if so Ann Gale may have been Linnell’s long-term mistress. 

The will mentions several other close friends or kin, including John Bacon, his brother in law, who married Linnell’s sister Mary in 1773. 

info - https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/linnell-john-1729-96