ABBEY, Edwin Austin (1852-1911). Artist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry Thompson, 1 page 8vo (corner missing, stained), Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire, 14 November 1890. Declining an invitation with an apology for the delay in replying.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7144]
AITCHISON, George (1825-1910). Architect.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Routledge & Sons, asking for details about his decorations for Goldsmiths' Hall to be mentioned in his biography, 1 p. 8vo, Harley Street, 1894.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2529]
ARCHITECTS
Menu of a dinner given for T.E. Collcutt as President of R.I.B.A., signed by Collcutt and by George Collinson, and 15 other architects, 22 June 1907.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2535]
ASHPITAL, Arthur (1807-1869). Architect.
Autograph Letter Signed, regretting that his speech about the Collegiate church had gone astray in the post, 1 page 8vo, 8 Carlton Chambers, 'Saturday' no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2536]
Autograph Letter Signed to Hermann Hart, sending a cheque for his share of the cost of the new wall, 1 page 8vo, St John's Wood, 11 January no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2573]
BARRY, Alfred (1826-1910). Religious writer. Son of Sir Charles Barry.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Beale, cancelling a council meeting and vowing to do more for her cause in the future, 1½ pages 8vo, The Cloisters, Windsor Castle, 13 October.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2575]
BARRY, Sir Charles (1795-1860). Architect of the Houses of Parliament.Autograph Letter Signed to Mr James, 1 page 4to (slight traces of former mounting on the reverse, Foley Place, 11 May 1839. Concerning his work on the Reform Club.
£175 / $280 / €217 [No: 21486]
BROWNE, Hablot Knight (1815-1882). Artist & illustrator of Dickens; 'Phiz'.Autograph Letter Signed to E.W. Walford, 2 pages 8vo on conjunct leaves, 2 Stirling Crescent, Notting Hill, no date. Submitting an article written by one of his sons.
£250 / $400 / €310 [No: 21084]
BURTON, Decimus (1800-1881). Architect.Autograph Letter Signed to ?W[illiam] Brockedon (1787-1854, painter, writer, and inventor), 2½ pages 8vo, with address-leaf, Spring Garden, 13 December 1827. Explaining that his brother had been unable to execute Brockedon's commissions on the Continent.
£175 / $280 / €217 [No: 21477]
BYRNE, Anne Frances (1775-1837). Flower painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Hutton, explaining that her sister is visiting Woolwich 'where I am sure she will not be unmindful of your request', 1 p. 8vo, no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3414]
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Croft & Son, declining to attend the Clug of the Royal Academy, 1 p. 8vo with address-leaf, no place, no date.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 3104]
CHANTREY, Sir Francis (1781-1841). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Murray, 1 page 8vo, July 1817.
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 3055]
COOK, Richard (1784-1857). Historical painter.
Autograph Letter Signed [?to Sir Martin Archer Shee], accepting an invitation, 1 p. 8vo (trimmed at the head), 9 Jan 1841.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3896]
COOPER, Abraham (1787-1868). Battle & animal painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Martin Archer Shee, accepting his 'polite' invitation & sending best compliments to Lady Shee, 1 p. 8vo, 19 New Millman Street, 17 Aug 1843.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3430]
COPE, Charles West (1811-1890). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Eastlake, accepting an invitation, 1 p. 8vo, Kensington Gore, 3 Jan 1865.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3910]
COPE, Charles West (1811-1890). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Foster, sending autographs to complete his 'set' & offering more if required, 1 p. 8vo, Kensington Gore, 7 May 1883.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3909]
COSWAY, Maria Louisa (1760-1838). History painter and educationist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (a little age-toned, lacking address-leaf), no place, no date. Appealing to her correspondent on behalf of a distressed author.
£450 / $720 / €558 [No: 24754]
CRAIG, Edward Gordon (1872-1966). Artist & stage designer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Abud, 1 page 8vo (torn and repaired), Theatre, Chatham, no date. Offering to bring him a poster to examine.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 3960]
CRANE, Walter (1845-1915). Artist.Autograph Letter Signed to [Haldane?] Macfall, 1 page 4to, Old House, 13 Holland Avenue, 20 November 1909. Arranging to see him 'on the subject of your letter' and adding that 'I dare say I could find a photograph'.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 21345]
CRANE, Walter (1845-1915). Artist.Autograph Letter Signed to the publisher Rivington, 2 page 8vo (laid down on an album leaf), Place Farm, Streatley-on-Thames, 3 August 1899. Expressing satisfaction that Rivington had completed a handbook, and the hope that testimonials might be forthcoming from 'Prof Roberts Austen, Mrs Merritt, Mr Shields & Mr Holman Hunt'.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 22509]
CROFTS, Ernest (1847-1911). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed on a picture postcard depicting his Battle of Waterloo, happily sending his autograph, and complaining about the reproduction, 26 Jun 1907.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3109]
CROFTS, Ernest (1847-1911). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Molony, sending his autograph in response to a rhymed request, 1 p. 8vo, Piccadilly, 18 Feb 1908.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3975]
DAVID D'ANGERS, Pierre Jean Third person (secretarial) letter to Monsieur Boltröm, 1 page 8vo, 14 Rue d'assas [Paris], 'Dimanche' no date. Regretting that he had not been at home when Boltröm had called, and asking him to look in the following day if possible.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 0215]
DEFREGGER, Franz von (1835-1925). German painter.Autograph Letter Signed (in German) to Bondi ('Sekretär') in Salzburg, 2 pages 8vo with envelope (slight traces of mounting), 6 February [19]18. Explaining that the demand for his pictures 'has never been so high as in recent years, and that I am totally sold out of them apart from my person collection', and complaining of his eyesight.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 23127]
DICKSEE, Sir Francis Bernard (1853-1928). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Burns, 1 page 8vo on dark grey paper, Greville House, 16 November no year. Regretting that he had been unable to 'avail myself of your kind invitation for Tuesday'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21691]
DOBSON, William Charles Thomas (1817-1898). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, recounting that the picture had arrived safely and discussing the market for paintings, 3½ pages 8vo, Hampstead, 'Sunday', no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1109]
DUNCAN, Edward (1803-1882). Engraver and watercolour painter.Autograph Letter Signed to William Carpenter, 2 pages 8vo, 110 Adelaide Road, 6 May 1867. Regretting that he had not been at home when Carpenter had called, and expressing the hope that his improvement in health would allow him to accept an invitation for the following Thursday.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24404]
DURHAM, Joseph (1814-1877). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hall, declining her evening invitation due to a relapse of gout, 1 page 8vo, Portland Place, 3 January 1872.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1152]
DURHAM, Joseph (1814-1877). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cooper, hoping he will be able to accompany him to Bognor, 2 pages 8vo, Portland Place, 20 September no year [1866?].
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1153]
EASTLAKE, Sir Charles Lock (1793-1865). Artist. President of the Royal Academy.Brief Autograph Letter Signed to J[ohn] Murray, 1 page 8vo, 7 Fitzroy Square, 12 August 1844(?9). Returning a borrowed book.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 20847]
EGG, Augustus Leopold (1816-1863). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Taylor', 2 pages 16mo (the second leaf lightly hinged to the remains of an album leaf), no place, no date. Rearranging a dinner engagement.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 21119]
ELMORE, Alfred (1815-1881). Irish historical painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to D. Roberts, 1 page 16mo, no place, no date [endorsed at head 'April 20 1859']. Regretting that he is ill and requesting him not to go out in the 'cold east wind'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1679]
ELMORE, Alfred (1815-1881). Irish historical painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to James T. Caird, 2 pages 8vo, (remains of former mount), Victoria Road, Kensington, 16 August 1860. Enclosing a receipt (no longer present) for a painting, and expressing his satisfaction that the Caird family are pleased with it.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1680]
Autograph Letter Signed to C.W. Schofield, 1 page 8vo neatly laid down, St John's Road, London, 5 May 1863. Apologising for his carelessness and giving Stanfield's address in Hampstead.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1849]
FAIRHOLT, Frederick William (1814-1866). Engraver and antiquarian writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to T.J. Croker, 1 page 16mo, no place, no date. Giving Lord L's address as 21 Grosvenor Place, and explaining that he will not be in London until Monday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1888]
FARLEIGH, John (1900-1965). Painter, engraver and illustrator.
Autograph Postcard Signed to Rich and Walker, Belsize Grove, 5 September 1946. Suggesting an alternative date for an art school, and explaining he will charge a nominal fee of 2 guineas.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1889]
FIELDING, Anthony Vandyke Copley (1787-1855). Landscape painter.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Copley Fielding') to Mr Way, offering to show his latest pictures, 1 page 8vo on black-edged writing paper, Charlotte Street, 9 April 1849.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2864]
FORD, Edward Onslow (1852-1901). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Drummond accepting an invitation to renew an old friendship with her while working in Bradford, 3 pages 8vo, St John's Wood, 14 February 1890.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4053]
FORD, Edward Onslow (1852-1901). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lt.-Colonel Halton welcoming anyone with an interest in honouring the memory of a hero (possibly referrring to his Gordon Memorial), 2 pages 8vo, 1888.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4051]
FOSTER, Peter Le Neve (1809-1879). Secretary to the Society of Arts.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Annie (?)Lightbound, 3 pages 8vo, Society of Arts, London, 1870. Thanking her for the cowl she had returned, apologising for the inconvenience it may have caused, and giving news of his family.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0140]
FRINK, Elizabeth (1930-1993). Sculptor.Autograph Letter Signed to Jeremy Hyman, 1 page large 4to (A4) with envelope, Corbès, postmarked 31 January 1972. Referring to a series of men and horses she had drawn during the 1950s, and inviting him to visit her and see her studio.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24603]
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 18 Maddox Street [London], 30 June 1908. Sending a donation of 20 guineas to the Architects Benevolent Society.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5325]
GILBERT, Sir Alfred (1854-1934). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry Thompson accepting an invitation, 1 page 8vo (a little browned), 16 Maida Vale, 8 October 1896.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4058]
GLEICHEN, Count (1833-1891). Admiral & sculptor; Prince Ferdinand Victor of Hohenlohe.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Gleichen') to Mr Hay, on two sides of a correspondence card (traces of former mounting at head), St James's Palace, 10 June 1884. Thanking him for the trouble he has taken about 'the Holloway statues'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5368]
GOULD, Sir Francis Carruthers (1844-1925). Cartoonist and editor of Picture Politics.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Elizabeth Lee gently refusing her suggestion of an article on the German theatre, 1½ pages 8vo, 'The Westminster Gazette', 8 January 1903.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4061]
GOULD, Sir Francis Carruthers (1844-1925). Cartoonist and editor of Picture Politics.
Autograph Letter Signed to Macleod Yearsley, 1 page 8vo, on writing paper of The Westminster Gazette, 8 June 1906. Thanking him for a note and sketch ('I already had the creature in my mind as the likeness is certainly a striking one').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5473]
GRAHAM, Peter (1836-1921). Painter
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Westoun, St Andrews, 13 March 1912. Acceding to a request.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5497]
GRAINGER, Richard (1798-1861). Architect.
Letter Signed to Messrs Chapman, Bankers, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Newcastle, 18 January 1836. Explaining that 'the Business' must be delayed until Friday because of the need for the deeds to pass the Council.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6106]
GRANT, Duncan James Corrowr (1885-1978). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to Jeremy Hyman (some stains and creasing, one or two notes written in ball-point), Charleston, 18 April 1974. 'I very seldom go to London now. But if the weather turns warm with longer days in a month or so and if you could come here for a meal that would be very pleasant. ...'
£135 / $216 / €167 [No: 24600]
GREENAWAY, Kate (1846-1901). Artist & creator of childrens' books.Two studies of hands and arms, two arms, one turned up & the other down on an 8vo sheet, and, on a 4to sheet, a profile of a young girl in a sashed dress, holding her arm in front of her, undated.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 1997]
GREENAWAY, Kate (1846-1901). Artist & creator of childrens' books.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Norman, 2 pages 8vo (the first a little browned), 39 Frognal, Hampstead, 5 May 1892. Explaining that she is too busy to see her in the next few days but could manage later, and that 'I have not seen either of the Miss Adeys for so long'.
£285 / $456 / €353 [No: 24017]
Document Signed, 1 page 4to (oblong), partially printed and completed by hand, Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles, 1897. Authorising MM E Bernard & Cie to photograph his picture Pêlerin de la Mecque and reproduce it for the Catalogue (worn in the folds with some tearing).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6212]
HALL, Sydney Prior (1842-1922). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed to fellow artist George [Cruikshank], 1 page 8vo, Kensington, 14 April no year. Voicing misgivings about the 'Royal Aquarium', chiefly whether or not the sale of Cruikshank's drawings was compelled and payment made, threatening to resign from the Committee if satisfactory answers are not forthcoming.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 6421]
HALLE, Charles E. (1846-1919). Portrait painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Carnarvon, 1 page 8vo, The Avenue, 76 Fulham Road, 30 April 1885. Pleading a former dinner engagement the following evening, but hoping to be able to leave early enough to attend her party before it ends.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6436]
HAMON, Jean Louis (1821-1874). French painter.Autograph Note Signed, 1 page 8vo (slightly trimmed, traces of mounting at the corners), headed 'Exposition de 1864'. Giving the titles of two pictures and brief biographical details.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 7292]
HARDIE, Martin (1875-1952). Artist & museum official.
Typewritten Letter Signed to F C Tilney, 1 page 8vo, Rodbourne, 6 Yardley Park Road, Tonbridge, 4 March 1951. Thanking him for his letter and supplements, sending a subscription and expressing the hope that he will be able to continue publishing 'sound ideas about sane art, based on a wealth of knowledge and experience'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6558]
HAYTER, Sir George (1792-1871). Portrait painter.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down), 9 Stratford Place, 9 June 1838. Asking for a ticket to see 'the medals given at the Hanover Square rooms by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 6753]
HENDERSON, John (1804-1862). Scottish architect.
Autograph Letter Signed to Ian Cunningham in Edinburgh, 3 pages 8vo, Glasgow, 24 July 1847. Discussing the finances of 'the Alliance', which are experiencing some difficulty.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6827]
HILLIER, Tristram Paul (1905-1983). Painter.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Weiner, 1 page 4to, Yew Tree ottage, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, 11 September 1965. Espressing his willingness to contribute to Weiner's collection, and asking for elucidation as what exactly is required.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7280]
JACOMB-HOOD, George Percy (1857-1929). Painter, illustrator, etcher & sculptor.A page from his diary/sketch-book, 30 x 25mm (ca 12 x 9½ inches), in pencil, dated 2 August no year. Chronicling a boat trip from Brownsea Castle Steps to Ryde Pier, taking in Hurst Castle, Cowes and Stokes Bay and illustrating the arrival of the German Emperor, shown with the Prince of Wales on the Royal Yacht.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 23936]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.Good Autograph Letter Signed to [Logan] Pearsall Smith (1865-1946, literary scholar), 1 page 4to with sketches in the margin, Munstead Wood, 8 July 1926. Taking him to task over his explanation of the expression 'by hook or by crook' in Words & Idioms (1925), and mentioning a reference in Shakesepare to 'bag & baggage'.
£825 / $1320 / €1023 [No: 21748]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.Three Autograph Letters Signed to Miss Sevinge in Farnham, in all 4 pages 8vo with two envelopes, Munstead Wood, Godalming, 7 and 19 April 1931 and August 29 no year. Exchanging plants and information about them, stating, in her last letter, that her gardener has sent the wrong plant ('but I do not regret it as it is one of the best').
£1350 / $2160 / €1674 [No: 23517]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.Autograph Letter Signed and a postcard to Mrs Cecil Mangles, the letter is 2 pages 8vo (slightly chewed at the sides), Munstead Wood, Godalming, 14 May and 6 June 1931. Offering advice about propagating a plant, illustrated with a sketch, and asking for a sample.
£850 / $1360 / €1054 [No: 23518]
JONES, George (1786-1869). Painter.Two Autograph Letters Signed to Sir Martin [Archer-Shee], 1 page 12mo and 1 page 8vo, 6 January 1836 and 'Thursday' no date. Accepting an invitation if his rheumatic head allows and declining another invitation as he is already 'in a dilemma between two friends with whom I ought to dine'.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 19843]
Autograph Letter Signed to fellow painter, S[olomon] A[lexander] Hart, 2 pages 12mo, Fitzroy Square 'Wednesday' no date. Inviting Hart to accompany him to the Princess Theatre to see Henry VIII.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21028]
LANDSEER, Charles (1799-1879). Historical painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Charles Eastlake, 1 page 8vo (laid down, one corner cut), Royal Academy, 9 January 1853. Accepting an invitation to dine.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21027]
LANDSEER, Sir Edwin (1802-1873). Animal-painter.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent 1 page 8vo, St John's Wood, 27 January 1837.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 23096]
LANDSEER, Thomas (1795-1880). Engraver.
Autograph Letter Signed to Frank, 2 pages 8vo, no place, 'Thursday Eve' no date. An invitation to Frank and his wife to dine the following Sunday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21030]
LANE, Richard James (1800-1872). Line-engraver and lithographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to William Longton, 4 pages 8vo, 28 March 1858. Thanking him for sending the 'ingenious waistcoat' which, in consequence of his drinking habits ('by positive Medical direction') make him a candidate for donning it.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21040]
LANE, Richard James (1800-1872). Line-engraver and lithographer.Autograph Letter Signed to R[ichard] Redgrave, 1 page 8vo (laid down), 1 York Villas, Campden Hill, but headed 'Etching Room', 26 October [?1865]. Discussing the forthcoming journey of Sir Cahrles Eastlake, who was to winter at Como, and the fragile state of his health.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 20851]
LAW, Ernest (1854-1930). Author & art collector.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, 5 Tite Street, Chelsea, 2 February 1923. Insisting that the portrait of the Prince of Orange at Hampton Court is not a copy or replica of the 'so-called Van Dyck in the Hermitage collection at St Petersburgh'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21140]
LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas (1769-1830). Portrait-painter.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Norfolk Square, 8 January 1826. Asking his correspondent to call the following morning 'on your way to the City'.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24079]
LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Artist and nonsense poet.Autograph Letter Signed to [Frederick W.] Gibbs, former tutor to the Prince of Wales, 3 pages 8vo, Pension Major, Serrabassa, Abetone, Pistojese, Italy, 24 August 1883.
£1250 / $2000 / €1550 [No: 24172]
LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Artist and nonsense poet.Significant Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent [almost certainly Lady Waldegrave], 4 pages 8vo (two small pieces of mounting tape) , 65 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, 17 July 1853.
£1650 / $2640 / €2046 [No: 24745]
LEIGHTON, Frederick, Baron Leighton (1830-1896). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed evidently to a firm of bookbinders, 3½ pages small 8vo, 6 April no year. Complaining about their work.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 20761]
LE JEUNE, Henry (1819-1904). Historical painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to W Sherlock, 1½ pages 8vo on black-edged paper (torn in the edges, somewhat crumpled), 144 Adelaide Road, 4 July 1864. Explaining that his means will allow him to keep only four of the stereographs.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21677]
LESLIE, Charles Robert (1794-1859). Literary genre painter and author.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1¼ pages 8vo (lightly tipped to a mount), 12 Pine Apple Place, 15 March 1841. Asking whether he could borrow the sketches of the communion plate used at the coronation.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 24609]
LOCK, William (1732-1810). Art connoisseur & patron.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (creased), Norbury Park, 1 May no year. Regretting that the farm in question is not likely to become available and apologising for his mistake.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21815]
LONG, Edwin Longsden (1829-1891). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Pollock, 2 pages 8vo, Kelston, Fitzjohn's Avenue, 9 February 1885. Inviting her, and particularly Sir Frederic, to view the two pictures, the subject of which was suggested by her husband.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22065]
LOW, David (1891-1963). Cartoonist.Two Typewritten Letters Signed to H D Henderson, editor of The Nation, 2 pages 4to (one letter struck through as answered), Golders Green, 29 April and 7 July 1928. Concerning a book review ('I have always followed the general plan of trying anything once').
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 22153]
LOW, David (1891-1963). Cartoonist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Gerald Bullitt, 1 page 8vo (filing holes), Golders Green, 20 January 1941. Turning down Bullitt's request for him to appear in his radio series In My Opinion ('No time at present, confound it, for consecutive thought on Art').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22154]
LUCAS, (John) Seymour (1849-1923). Historical & portrait painter.Two Autograph Letters Signed to [Harry] Furniss ('Mr Bradshaw Bagshaw' & 'Furniss'), 4 pages 8vo, West Hampstead, 9 August 1889 and 16 February 1916. Requesting an album and 'Schools and Masters of Fence' which he requires for reference, reporting a favourable reaction to Furniss's drawings and regretting that Mrs Lucas's chill had prevented their meeting.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 20408]
LUCAS, (John) Seymour (1849-1923). Historical & portrait painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to McFall, 1 page 4to, New Place, Woodchurch Road, West Hampstead, 23 July 1909. Denying any intention to seek 'the post' and promising to support McFall in any way he can.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 20406]
LUCAS, John Seymour (1849-1923). Historical painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Craster, 1 page 4to on writing paper of 'Shakeseare's England' exhibition, 24 February 1912. Offering the services of a daughter of a friend for the musical section of the Exhibition.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22196]
LUDOVICI, Anthony M. (1882-1971). Artist and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (stain in central fold), 35 Central Hill, Upper Norwood, 3 January 1921. Offering to meet to discuss the subject of his correpondent's symposium.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22217]
LUDOVICI, Anthony M. (1882-1971). Artist and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Starr, 1 page 8vo, 35 Central Hill, Upper Norwood, 17 March 1921. Sending verses (no longer present) for possible publication.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22218]
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Elman, 1 page 8vo, 74A Margaret Street, 31 July 1868. Complying with her request.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22630]
MacDOWELL, Patrick (1799-1870). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Charles Eastlake, Margaret Street, 6 January 1864. Accepting an invitation.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22631]
MacGREGOR, Margaret (1904-1993). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Frances', 3 pages 8vo, Aviemore, 6 September no year. Telling of meeting and falling in love with Reginald Champion.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22640]
MACQUOID, Thomas Robert (1820-1912). Artist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Morgan, 2 pages 8vo, The Edge, Tooting Common, 28 January 1901. Thanking her for a gift of 'sleeve links'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22597]
MACQUOID, Thomas Robert (1820-1912). Artist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Severn (wife of the painter Arthur Severn), 3 pages 8vo, Stanley Place, Chelsea, 4 February 1877. Thanking her for admiring his paintings, suggesting that the one she chose may not be his best, and in turn praising her husband's work.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22701]
MACWHIRTER, John (1839-1911). Landscape painter.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to 'Master Fuller', 1 page 8vo (paper tape adhering to the white space below the signature), 1 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, no date. 'With much pleasure'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22716]
MANSON, James Bolivar (1879-1945). Painter & director of the Tate Gallery.
Autograph Letter Signed to Francis Bickley, 2 pages 8vo, on writing paper of the National Gallery, 26 May 1932. Discussing the attribution of a picture in the Gallery.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22805]
MAROCHETTI, Carlo (1805-1867). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Swinton, 1 page 8vo (laid down, trimmed), 21 May 1867. A hand points to the foreign address, his excuse for not accepting Swinton's invitation.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22894]
MAXWELL, Donald (1887-1936). Artist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bramley, 1 page 8vo (small tear at the bottom), East Farleigh House, Maidstone, 20 March 1932. Briefing thanking Bramley for his appreciation.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23044]
MAYBANK, Thomas (fl. 1898-1925). Illustrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Webb, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 23 Palace Grove, Bromley, 3 February 1908. Belatedly accepting an invitation.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23056]
MEADOWS, Joseph Kenny (1790-1874). Draughtsman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Dalziel, 2 pages 8vo, no place, 24 January 1848. Sending the proof of the 'Art Union' drawing, and instructing Daziel to present it to the lady who has requested it and to 'make her one of your best bows'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23069]
MEE, Arthur (1875-1943). Journalist & children's writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to the artist Hesketh Hubbard, 1 page 8vo on writing paper of The Children's Newspaper, 'Tuesday midnight' no date. Offering to use Hubbard's picture of Sydney Bridge in his magazine.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23074]
METHUEN, Paul Ayshford, 4th Baron (1886-1974). Painter & zoologist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Peter Rhodes at Cuddesdon Manor, 1 page 8vo with envelope, Corsham Court, Wiltshire, 17 August 1973. Informing Rhodes that he has found a sketch for his picture of Blenheim and has had it framed for him.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23154]
MONNINGTON, Sir [Walter] Thomas (1901-1976). Artist.Two Typewritten Letters Signed to Raphael Shaberman, 1 pages 8vo (oblong), Royal Academy of Arts & Leyswood Cottage, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, 1968 and 1971. The first an enthusiastic offering to act as Shaberman's referee, the second thanking Shaberman for his ground-breaking work Autistic Children.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 23302]
MONTALBA, Clara (1842-1929). Artist.
Autograph Letter Signed on a correspondence card to Mrs Caromo, Studio, Campden House Road Mews, no date. Making an appointment to show 'our' (presumably her and her sisters') pictures.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23315]
MOORE, Henry (1831-1896). Marine Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to John F. White, 2 pages 8vo, Folkestone, 18 October 1891. Thanking White for praising his pictures and enquiring about his hands (Moore had broken both arms in a fall from an omnibus) and remarking 'You must have had an anxious time after your son's accident. I don't like revolvers'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23335]
MOORE, William (1790-1851). Portrait painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Morgan, 1 page 4to, no place, no date. Offering to do her a service, giving a good report of Mrs Moore, but not of 'the little one'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23338]
MORTIMER, (Charles) Raymond (Bell) (1895-1980). Literary and art critic, and editor.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Sir Arthur] Bryant, 1½ pages 4to (oblong, coffee stain and small marginal tear), 5 Canonbury Place, 2 November 1966. Thanking Bryant for his book (perhaps The Medieval Foundation of England, 1965) and remarking 'What puzzles me is that hardly any British words were adopted into the English language'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23391]
MOSER, Joseph (1748-1819). Artist, author, & magistrate.
Autograph Letter Signed to S.J. Pratt, 1½ pages 4to, 29 Apital Square, 24 July 1811. Thanking Pratt for sending The remains of Joseph Blacket, praising Pratt's support of the volume and reporting on his aunt's palsy.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23543]
MULLER, William John (1812-1845). Landscape painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to the art dealer William Wethered, 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf and red wax seal, 22 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, 4 February 1843. Acknowledging receipt of £10, and complaining that the place of his work in the 'British' is unsatisfactory.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23437]
MUNCASTER, Claude (1903-1974). Artist.Four Typewritten Letters Signed to Wadkin Ltd, one to David Carter, the remaining to H. Beeston, in all 2 pages 8vo and 2 pages 4to, with copies of Wadkin's replies. Four Winds, Petworth, 1950-1951. Discussing two pictures Muncaster is making for the firm: 'Winter's afternoon near Petworth, Sussex' and 'Cuddington in Buckinghamshire.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 23440]
MUNRO, Alexander (1825-1871). Sculptor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Harrison, 2½ pages 12mo (laid down and sewn into somewhat tattered paper covers), 6 Upper Belgrave Place, 'Tuesday night' no date. Inviting Harrison to dine and suggesting he bring Bowman, adding 'we have now a boy of boys! a very jolly little fellow indeed'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23465]
MURRAY, Sir David (1849-1933). Artist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Macfall, 2¼ pages 8vo (traces of former mounting), 1 Langham Chambers, Portland Place, 19 July 1909. Regretting that he had already given a recommendation to another candidate and praising Macfall's work (I had ... been struck with the knowledge & true discernment of the qualities that go to make real art').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23478]
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My Dear Cousin Kitty', 1 page 8vo, no place, 'Sunday' no date. Asking her to delay sending the case in which her picture had been packed until his return a month hence.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23569]
NEWTON, Ernest (1856-1922). Architect.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to Julian Henry, 51 Pembridge Villas, 23 August no year (postmarked 1907). Asking whether the copy of The Drum Major he sent was acceptable.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23684]
NEWTON, Sir William John (1785-1869). Miniature painter & photographer.Autograph Letter Signed to Captain Wilson, 3½ pages 8vo with address wrapper, 6 Argyll Street, 19 August 1834. Making arrangements for Captain Wilson to take possession of the picture of his son, which he is reluctant to relinquish as it would be an asset to his gallery.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 23688]
NICHOLLS, Bertram (1883-1974). Artist.Autograph Letter Signed to the author Grant Uden, together with an autograph manuscript signed, in all 2 pages 4to, New Inn Hotel, Bideford, 7 June 1933. Sending the manuscript on 'the probable development of painting', observations which are somewhat wide of the mark.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 23697]
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, ('Dear Madam'), 3 pages 8vo, The Castle, Portstewart, Co. Derry, 24 September 1891. Agreeing to send a sketch of Lismore for Sir William Jennings's album.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23815]
OLIVER, William (1804?-1853). Landscape painter.
Autograph Document Signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong, trimmed), no place, no date. An invoice addressed to Hogarth for 'Sketch of Kenilworth, 1 dozen of Water Color drawings' etc, amounting in total to £24.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23836]
OLSSON, Julius (1864-1942). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, St Eia, St Ives, 'Friday' no date. Apologising for his correspondent's painting having arrived too late for the exhibition and adding 'I don't quite appreciate, however, your use of the word "vexed". I suppose you mean disappointed'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23838]
O'NEIL, Henry Nelson (1817-1880). Historical painter.Autograph Letter Signed to H. Graves, 1 page 8vo, 7 Victoria Road, Kensington, 18 May no year. Tetchily complaining that 'You promised me an opinion on Palomino's Scrap Book of Spanish Painters. Why don't you give it?'.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 23848]
ORCHARDSON, Sir William Quiller (1832-1910). Artist.Autograph Letter Signed to Agnew, 2 facing pages 8vo, 1 Spenser Street, Victoria Street, no date (somewhat foxed). Sending a belated acceptance of Agnew's invitation and, by way of apology, including tickets 'which I have saved out of the fire' (no longer present).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23870]
OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). Writer on art & amateur artist.Autograph Letter Signed to the numismatist Frederic Madden at the British Museum, on a small piece ca 70 x 225 mm (3 x 9 inches), 31 Devonshire Street, 10 October 1831. Introducing John Campbell who wishes to view the King's Library rooms before his return to Paris. A note at the foot identifies Ottley as the author of The History of Engravings.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24069]
OULESS, Walter William (1848-1933). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed to Robert J. Swan, 1 page 8vo, 12 Bryanston Square, 5 June 1918. Promising to make a note of Swan's interest and to let him know of any copies available.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24071]
OWEN, William (1869-1957). Cartoonist, illustrator & commercial artist.Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down on the remains of an album leaf), Salthaven, Kingsdown, Deal, 4 April 1911. A spurred boot and the end of a swagger stick are seen going behind a building with Owen's explanation that it is 'a sketch of a soldier going round the Corner'.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24186]
PAPAS, William Elias (1947-2000). Political cartoonist & caricaturist.Typewritten Letter Signed to M.B. Ashford, 1 page 4to on writing paper of The Guardian, 19 November 1963. Promising to take Ashford's advice and have a look at the cartoons of F.C. Gould, and explaining that, while he sometimes works in colour 'it is not very good colour'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24317]
PAPWORTH, Edgar George (1809-1866). Sculptor.Autograph Letter Signed, correspondent's name illegible, 1½ pages 8vo (filing holes, blank sheet irregularly removed), no place, no date. Regretting that it will be impossible to have a good cast ready for the following Monday.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24318]
PARKER Sir Karl Theodore (1895-1992). Art historian & museum curator.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 5½ pages 8vo (held together with a staple), Ashmolean Museum, Department of Fine Art, 28 June 1934. Answsering a query sent to Kenneth Clark, his predecessor at the Ashmolean, concerning the origins of the museum's Fine Art Department and its leaders.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24377]
PARSONS, Alfred William (1847-1920). Painter & illustrator.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hunt, 1 page 8vo, 54 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, 17 February no year. Asking for a ticket for the horticulturist and publisher William Robinson (1838-1935), editor of The Garden, and noting that he has enclosed 10/6.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24417]
PARSONS, Alfred William (1847-1920). Painter & illustrator.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Messel, 1 page 8vo (some foxing, traces of former mounting), as from Garston, Frome, 26 May 1899. Explaining that he will be in Frome for the foreseeable future.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24418]
PARTRIDGE, Sir Bernard (1861-1945). Punch artist & cartoonist.Autograph Letter (third person) to [Margaret Brooke], Ranee of Sarawak, 2 pages 8vo, 2 Orme Square, 8 July no year. Modestly refuting her opinion of his drawing, and informing her that permission to publish and sell copies for the benefit of the Croix Rouge is in the hand of the editor of Punch.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24421]
PARTRIDGE, Sir Bernard (1861-1945). Punch artist & cartoonist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Gentlemen'), 1½ pages 8vo, 11 Marlborough Road, St John's Wood, 6 October 1896. Hesitating to accept an offer to illustrate a book until he is satisfied as to the date required, the books he may select from, and the fee offered.
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 24422]
PATON, Sir Joseph Noel (1821-1901). Artist.Autograph Letter Signed to P[eter] G[uthrie] Tait (1831-1901, mathematician and physicist), 2 pages 8vo, 33 George Square, 23 May 1886. Thanking Tait for supplying a suitable quotation for his painting, which he will adopt as the second motto ('The first place must of course be awarded to St Paul!').
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24427]
PATRICK, James McIntosh (1907-1998). Painter & etcher.Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Wadkin Ltd, 1¼ pages 4to, The Shrubbery, 67 Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee, 24 January 1951 (received stamp). Commending them on the excellent reproductions of his paintings used in their calendar and begging a few copies.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24430]
PAYNE, Wyndham (1884-1974). Book illustrator.Autograph Letter Signed to F.J. Burnley, 1 page 8vo, Warden Cottage, Guildford, 22 November 1926. Offering to send several books that he has illustrated and offering to send a copy of Wind in the Willows when it is finished. Payne illustrated the first edition in 1927.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24459]
PEACOCK, Ralph (1868-1946). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Holman Hunt, 2 pages 8vo (slight tear in the fold), 32 Holland Park Road, 21 August 1928. Suggesting that another sitting is not required ('I might go further with it and fare worse'), and suggesting that 'the Cambridge Professor' might be called upon to give a neutral opinion.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24475]
PENROSE, Francis Cranmer (1817-1903). Architect, archaeologist & astronomer.Autograph Letter Signed to the Greek ambassador, 2 pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 27 August 1859. Writing as the Secretary for Foreign Correspondence for the Institute, formally requesting that the Annual Report be transmitted to the foreign member in Athens.
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 24511]
PETTIE, John (1839-1893). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Bird, 3 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, the Lothians, Fitzjohn's Avenue, South Hampstead, 28 March 1887. Regretting that he is unable to accept Bird's invitation as he has planned a fishing holiday in the north of Scotland.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24575]
PHILLIPS, Henry Wyndham (1820-1868). Portrait painter.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo on embossed writing paper of the Athenaeum, 10 April no year. Announcing the election of 'your friend Col Hamley'. [Colonel, later General, Sir Edward Bruce Hamley was elected to the Athenaeum in 1867.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24588]
PHILLIP, John (1817-1867). Subject & portrait painter.Autograph Letter Signed to [?Alfred] Elmore, 2 pages 8vo, Campden Hill, Kensington, 11 May 1865. Thanking Elmore for a cheque and for 'the trouble you have taken about the two French paintings'.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24585]
PICKERSGILL, Frederick Richard (1820-1900). History painter.Autograph Letter Signed to his sister Emily, 3½ pages 8vo (traces of former mounting), Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, no date. Thanking her for the socks she has sent from India and giving his opinion of frontier policy ('I should propose to make a line of very strong forts across the country').
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24634]
PICTON, Sir James Allanson (1805-1889). Antiquary & architect. ALS to Tipson Martin, 1 page 8ALSAutograph Letter Signed to Timpson Martin, 1 page 8vo, Sandyknowe, Wavertree, Liverpool, 16 February 1877. Returning Bryan Blundell's Britain's Remembrancer and Mr Clegg's speech (neither remaining).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24636]
PINWELL, George John (1842-1875). Painter & illustrator.Autograph Letter Signed to the engraver Joseph Swain, 3 pages 8vo, 86 Adelaide Road, 25 March 1875. Praising the proof of an engraving ('the lines are very fine and I dare say most troublesome to cut').
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24657]
PISTRUCCI, Filippo (active ca 1806-1841). Engraver.Autograph Letter Signed in Italian to Colnaghi, 1 page 8vo (oblong, soiled, a piece torn from the corner), 30 Coventry Street, Giovedi (Thursday), no date [watermark 1824]. Making an appointment to meet Mr Phillips.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24660]
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). Illustrator.Autograph Letter Signed in pencil to A. Schener, 1 page 8vo with envelope, 6 Primose Hill Studios, 21 July 1933. Listing the drawings and books that are 'ready for Mr Taylor at the studio'.
£350 / $560 / €434 [No: 24614]
REPTON, John Adey (1775-1860). Architect and landscape gardener, son of Humphry Repton.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, written on the reverse of a draft in another hand, Springfield, 9 October 1845. Asking for his enclosure (no longer present) to be inserted in a magazine.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 24612]
RIVIERE, Briton (1840-1920). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Finchley Road, 20 November 1898. Coupling thanks for a money order with the explanation that he had sent the etching as a free gift for the charity.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 5237]
SHEPARD, Ernest Howard (1879-1976). Artist and book illustrator.Autograph Letter Signed to Keith Clarke, 1 page 8vo, Woodmancote, Lodsworth, Petworth, 24 January [1974]. Regretting that he cannot assist Clarke with his book because he had only met [Robert] Anning Bell once ('and that was years ago when I was a young man').
£135 / $216 / €167 [No: 23516]
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-1980). Painter.Autograph Letter Signed and Typewritten Letter Signed to Jeremy Hyman, 2 pages 8vo (a little worn and soiled), Trottiscliffe and Mention, 16 October 1975 and no date. Referring to a painting bought by Hyman which was confirmed to be a fake, regretting that he could not get full compensation, and offering him future paintings at a discounted price.
£175 / $280 / €217 [No: 24602]
TOPHAM, Francis William ('Frank') (1808-1877). Watercolour painter.Autograph Letter Signed to William Carpenter, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper with integral blank leaf, Warwick House, 86 Adelaide Road, 18 May 1862. Regretting that the poor weather and the threatened return of his lumbago would prevent his fulfilling the evening engagement.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24406]
WARD, Henrietta (1832-1924). Historical genre painter.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Bompass, 4 pages 8vo on dark green paper with envelope, 3 Chester Houses, Chester Square, postmark 22 February 1892. Expressing regret that she had been unable to accept an invitation, and asking Mrs Bompass to visit her new studio ('it is such a great improvement on the old one').
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24220]
WATTS, George Frederic (1817-1904). Painter and sculptor.Autograph Letter Signed probably to the publisher Rivington, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, Little Holland House, 6 February 1885. Inviting him to call and to explain the new process.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 22511]
WILKIE, Sir David (1785-1841). Painter.Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr Graham, 2 pages 8vo (laid down by the second leaf), Vicarage Place, Kensington, 31 December 1838. Returning General Graham's sword 'the hilt of which only could be put into his Indian picture'.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 20773]
WYATVILLE, Sir Jeffry (1766-1840). Architect.Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr Lynch Cotton in Newgate Street, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Lower Brook Street, 10 May 1831. Informing him that he had perhaps complied with his request, and alluding, presumably to his change of name (Wyatville had altered his name from Wyatt in 1924).
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 21484]