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Auction archive: Lot number 40

A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY ARTISTS' LETTERS

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,292 - US$3,056
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,865
Auction archive: Lot number 40

A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY ARTISTS' LETTERS

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,292 - US$3,056
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,865
Beschreibung:

Art. A COLLECTION OF LETTERS BY ARTISTS MOSTLY TO JANE ELIZABETH SENIOR, COMPRISING: Frederic, Lord Leighton (14, including two to Mrs Senior's son Walter), discussing his own work and that of others, and personal affairs; J.E. Millais (7), arranging sittings and including one letter to Taylor ("...I am so struck with Mrs Senior's beauty, that I hope some day she will sit to me. Although I have not the reputation for painting beauty yet I think I can appreciate it in nature..."); Dante Gabriel Rossetti (3), including discussion of the availability of houses on Cheyne Walk; W. Holman Hunt (3), on his marriage and other subjects; John Ruskin (2); 63 pages, chiefly 8vo, 1862-88, most items laid down on backing paper, seemingly removed from an album

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
15 Jul 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Art. A COLLECTION OF LETTERS BY ARTISTS MOSTLY TO JANE ELIZABETH SENIOR, COMPRISING: Frederic, Lord Leighton (14, including two to Mrs Senior's son Walter), discussing his own work and that of others, and personal affairs; J.E. Millais (7), arranging sittings and including one letter to Taylor ("...I am so struck with Mrs Senior's beauty, that I hope some day she will sit to me. Although I have not the reputation for painting beauty yet I think I can appreciate it in nature..."); Dante Gabriel Rossetti (3), including discussion of the availability of houses on Cheyne Walk; W. Holman Hunt (3), on his marriage and other subjects; John Ruskin (2); 63 pages, chiefly 8vo, 1862-88, most items laid down on backing paper, seemingly removed from an album

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
15 Jul 2010
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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