Title: Autograph Letter Signed by Artist Charles Landseer, to John Martin, Secretary of the Artists' Benevolent Fund.
Description: Southampton, May, 1839. 1839. - sc 67 words penned on 8-7/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide paper with an armorial device embossed at the top left corner. In his brief letter addressed to John Martin, a bookseller of the period and secretary of the Artists' Benevolent Fund, Charles Landseer apologizes that he will not be able to attend the anniversary meeting. Signed "Chas. Landseer". Once folded with a tear near the top right, the letter has been mounted from the verso to heavier stock. A piece torn from the bottom right corner of both the letter and its mount does not affect the text. Good.
Thomas Landseer's brother, the painter Charles Landseer (1799-1879) trained under his father John and subsequently Benjamin Robert Haydon before attending London's Royal Academy. He accompanied Sir Charles Stuart de Rothesay on his voyage to Portugal and Brazil while sharpening his drawing skills. These drawings were then exhibited at the British Institution in 1828 and he sent his first painting to the Royal Academy in that same year. In addition to historical subjects, Charles Landseer painted portraits, genre scenes and animal studies.
John Martin (1791-1855) was a bookseller and the secretary to the Artists' Benevolent Fund from 1833-45. Good .
Keywords: ART; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; CHARLES LANDSEER; ALS; SIGNATURE; JOHN MARTIN; ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; PAINTER.
- Book number: 25452
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