Art
READ
(Samuel, circa 1815-1883, Artist in Water Colours)
Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Madam',
saying he has procured the Photographs you wish for except Herberts & I do not know if it has been done, if so I will send it, with a contemporary unsigned photograph showing him seated, three quarter length, three quarter face, 3½ x 2¼, the letter 1 side 8vo, 55 Argyll Road, Kensington, 8th July
Item Date: 1864
Background
Read was the first special artist sent abroad by an illustrated paper, to Constantinople and the Black Sea.
Stock No. 53831