ALBUM OF LETTERS BY PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ARCHITECTS, MUSICIANS, ACTORS, CIVIL ENGINEERS, POETS (ALBUM G)

including autograph letters signed by J.M.W. Turner (sending an autograph), C.L. Eastlake (2, invitations, 1844-45), Sir William Boxall (4), John Ruskin (3, to Charles Lyell, including discussion of the landscape during a visit to Scotland, where "there is a strip of gneiss about a quarter of a mile wide .. weathered as it it had been a torrent for a thousand years", 7 pages, 8vo), Francis Chantrey, William Morris (1 page, 4 February 1892), Decimus Burton, Sir George Grove (3), Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy (1 page, 17 April 1847), Fanny Kemble (3, 1864-85), Charles Kean, James Watt (1 page), the engineer James Nasmyth, (2) M.I. Brunel, Rider Haggard, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, J.M. Barrie, Matthew Arnold (to Lady Bunbury, explaining that he had not quoted his father when writing about Lord Falkland as "it is difficult for a son to quote his father", 4 pages, 8vo, 8 March 1877), William Cullen Bryant (autograph fair copy signed of his poem 'Our Fellow Worshippers', 2 pages, May 1876), Ugo Foscolo (two letters, to Leonard Horner, one incomplete the other with the signature clipped); with engraved or photographic portraits of each author laid down on the facing versos; foliated, 63 leaves, folio, red morocco, with a label on the upper cover ("G. Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Musicians, Actors, Civil Engineers, Poets"), and a label on the inner cover ("Leonard Lyell"); the album housed in a waxed linen bag

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."