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PARRISH, Maxfield (1870-1966). Autograph letter signed (“Fred”) to his grandfather, Paris, 17 October 1884.
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PARRISH, Maxfield (1870-1966). Autograph letter signed (“Fred”) to his grandfather, Paris, 17 October 1884.
Four pages, 200 x 125 mm (minor ink bleed).
A rare illustrated letter by a fourteen year-old Maxfield Parrish to his grandfather describing his journey from Rouen to Paris and his first week in the French capital – the only extant example known in private hands. Parrish writes to his grandfather in the fall of 1884 soon after his arrival in Paris where he was to study art, part of a lengthy stay in Europe with his parents. He opens describing the picturesque journey from Rouen “through beautiful country,” observing that “Papa was charmed with the lots of little picturesque towns on the Seine,” beneath which he adds an image of a riverside hamlet with a sailboat. Parrish also sketches the Arc de Triomphe, as well as a balloon he witnessed in Rouen. Despite all the new adventures, he regretted he “was not at home at the time of the Electrical Exhibition, as I would have liked to see it very much, it must have been very interesting, from thy account.” Parrish has embellished the “E” in “Electrical” with a hand handling lightning bolts. Parrish was born Frederick Parrish, but later adopted the surname of his maternal grandmother as his middle name. He would later drop his first name entirely. This is apparently the only extant example of an illustrated letter from Parrish's youth in private hands. The only other examples are housed in the collections of the Delaware Art Museum. See Stuart, Young Maxfield Parrish, 1992.
Four pages, 200 x 125 mm (minor ink bleed).
A rare illustrated letter by a fourteen year-old Maxfield Parrish to his grandfather describing his journey from Rouen to Paris and his first week in the French capital – the only extant example known in private hands. Parrish writes to his grandfather in the fall of 1884 soon after his arrival in Paris where he was to study art, part of a lengthy stay in Europe with his parents. He opens describing the picturesque journey from Rouen “through beautiful country,” observing that “Papa was charmed with the lots of little picturesque towns on the Seine,” beneath which he adds an image of a riverside hamlet with a sailboat. Parrish also sketches the Arc de Triomphe, as well as a balloon he witnessed in Rouen. Despite all the new adventures, he regretted he “was not at home at the time of the Electrical Exhibition, as I would have liked to see it very much, it must have been very interesting, from thy account.” Parrish has embellished the “E” in “Electrical” with a hand handling lightning bolts. Parrish was born Frederick Parrish, but later adopted the surname of his maternal grandmother as his middle name. He would later drop his first name entirely. This is apparently the only extant example of an illustrated letter from Parrish's youth in private hands. The only other examples are housed in the collections of the Delaware Art Museum. See Stuart, Young Maxfield Parrish, 1992.