HOLL
(Frank, 1845-1888, Painter, R.A.)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Davidson
telling him that he is “very glad indeed to hear that you have all decided to come up to us... we will have a happy time, & I shall... take some time... without sitters & thus have a little of your company in the day time...” and he ends with a postscript referring to a box “that I picked up at Hawarden of a tree that I felled with Mr Gladstone...”, 3 sides 8vo., The Three Gables, Fitzjohn’s Avenue, 25th March
Item Date:
1887
Stock No:
41894
£125
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HOLMES
(William Henry or W.H., 1812-1885, Pianist and Composer, Teacher at the Royal Academy of Music)
Long Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Lloyd Roberts
acknowledging receipt of “5/- for my ‘Notes upon Notes’ & to thank you very much. A lady wrote to me last year... I can hardly recollection now, what it was about unless connected with the Royal Academy of Music. I hope your Concert will be a success. I shall indeed be proud to again have the privilege of giving you lessons - I have two piano fortes, side by side, which I consider a great advantage in giving lessons... Yesterday, I continued a series of lessons, to a noble lady, who played well about two years before I was born - and about that period Beethoven began to be talked about in Germany - & this Lady got a Composition of Beethoven, & took it to her Master; who requested she wd never bring such rubbish to him again - music has advanced since then...” he continues about the many eminent teachers the pupil has had and sends him “a piece of mine called ‘The Presentation’ dedicated to a pupil of mine of the 3rd Generation... her paper happened to be in attendance on the Queen...”, 4 sides 8vo., 36 Beaumont Street, Marylebone, 26th August
Item Date:
1881
Stock No:
41868
£75
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HOOKER
(Sir William Jackson, 1785-1865, Botanist, Director of Kew, Father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker)
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Dean,
saying that “Mr Smith informs me that you would be glad of the signature...”, 1 side 8vo., Royal Gardens, Kew headed paper, 13th October
Item Date:
1881
Stock No:
41881
£125
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LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER OF THE ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN
HORNIMAN
(Annie Elizabeth Fredericka, 1860-1937, Procured the Abbey Theatre in 1904 for the Irish National Theatre Society)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correpondent
saying she has booked in the date “for the visit to Leicester. As I speak without notes or M.S. it is well to call it ‘a talk’. I’ll take whichever branch of my ‘shop’ which you would find the more amusing - personal experiences - actual theatre working - dramatists and their ways, in all my idea is to make people understand that in the theatres we are human beings like themselves. To give an example, the theatre cat is as much an individual as the cat who lives at our houses. I am always glad to answer questions at the end & do not mind being ‘heckled’. Thank you very much for your kind invitation, I accept it with pleasure...”, 2 sides 8vo., 1h Montagu Mansions, Portman Square headed paper, re-addressed from 110 High Street, Manchester, 4th December
Item Date:
1914
Stock No:
41869
£375
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HORSLEY
(John Callcott, 1817-1903, R.A., Painter of Domestic Scenes and Portraits)
Autograph Letter Signed to ‘My dear BICKNELL’,
(Henry, 1818-1880, Patron of the Arts and Businessman, David Robert’s son-in-law) telling him that he is “slaving for this good cause (now in sore straits) & if you are inclined to help it through my agency the Hospital will rejoice & I shall be right glad!...” with a postscript mentioning an enclosure (not present), 1 side 8vo., Royal Academy of Arts headed paper, 17th February
Item Date:
1879
Stock No:
41872
£125
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