Lot 92
  • 92

Artists' letters

Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 22 autograph letters signed, together with additional photographs and signatures, by:
  • ink on paper
Aubrey Beardsley, on an engagement, 1 page, 8vo; Max Beerbohm, two letters, to Mr Thorogood, about the City Socialist Circle, 4 pages, 8vo, 1900-1; Jean Cocteau, to "Madam", imploring her not to make him speak English, in French, 1 page, 4to, Paris, 26 May 1954; Walter Crane, to Mr Parker, acknowledging the dedication of a pamphlet on the pre-Raphaelites, 2 pages, 8vo, London, 7 May 1889; Gustave DorĂ©, in French, 1 page, 8vo, 9 April 1869, with a photograph; Edward Burne-Jones, one page, 8vo; Frederick Leighton, 2 pages, 8vo; John Everett Millais, 1 page, 8vo, London, 22 January 1866, with a photograph with cut signature; William Rothenstein, three letters, to different correspondents, on appointments and his agent, 3 pages, London, 1924 to 1937 where dated; Lawrence Alma-Tadema, card, to Mrs Lockwood, thanking her for her compliments on a book, 2 pages, London, 19 June 1886, envelope; J.A. McNeill Whistler, brief letter and inscription with signature and butterfly; William Holman Hunt, to Mr Hook, arranging a visit for his son, 3 pages, 8vo, London, 30 January 1874; G.F. Watts ("Signor"), to Marie, explaining his refusal of a baronetcy, 3 pages, 8vo, 29 June 1885; J.M.W. Turner, on an appointment, 1 page, 8vo; Auguste Rodin, agreeing to a meeting, in French, 1 page, 12mo; Edgar Degas, signed receipt, in French, 12 August 1888, with English translation; Wilson Lowry, engraver, 1 page, 8vo, n.d.; Charles Condor; Lord Beresford; Maurice Vlaminck (signature)