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RAMSAY RICHARD REINAGLE (1775-1862); EDWARD BURNE-JONES (1833-98); WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT (1827-1910) and other artists
A collection of 22 letters by Reinagle, dated 1809-68, chiefly to T. Mogford, but also to Abraham Cooper and John Martin, largely concerning a dispute over money between Reinagle and Sainsbury, with five inscribed Royal Academy admission tickets and eight lists of his pictures; a 1p. a.l.s. from Burne-Jones , dated Rottingdean, May 2 1898, to an unidentified correspondent, declining to take the chair at a lecture at the Society of Arts on the Art of William Morris. 'My affection and admiration for my friend are too well known for this to be considered any want of respect ... it is too late now for me to break through my life-long custom of declining to speak in public', and a 1p. a.l.s., postmark Feb 7 1890, asking Miss Tapster when she will come and sit; four a.l.s. from Holman Hunt, including a 2pp. letter dated July 15, 1862, to an unidentified correspondent, thanking him for help 'in my attempt to procure a syringe' and accepting his offer of 'the glass bulb'; and other a.l.s by various artists including Samuel Prout (1783-1852) and Francis Chantrey (1781-1841).
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A collection of 22 letters by Reinagle, dated 1809-68, chiefly to T. Mogford, but also to Abraham Cooper and John Martin, largely concerning a dispute over money between Reinagle and Sainsbury, with five inscribed Royal Academy admission tickets and eight lists of his pictures; a 1p. a.l.s. from Burne-Jones , dated Rottingdean, May 2 1898, to an unidentified correspondent, declining to take the chair at a lecture at the Society of Arts on the Art of William Morris. 'My affection and admiration for my friend are too well known for this to be considered any want of respect ... it is too late now for me to break through my life-long custom of declining to speak in public', and a 1p. a.l.s., postmark Feb 7 1890, asking Miss Tapster when she will come and sit; four a.l.s. from Holman Hunt, including a 2pp. letter dated July 15, 1862, to an unidentified correspondent, thanking him for help 'in my attempt to procure a syringe' and accepting his offer of 'the glass bulb'; and other a.l.s by various artists including Samuel Prout (1783-1852) and Francis Chantrey (1781-1841).
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