Title: Autograph Letter Signed by English Animal and Landscape Painter Thomas Sidney Cooper Sending His Autograph to a Young Lady, Adding Eight Lines of Verse and Signing Again with His Initials.
Description: Vernon Holme, Harbledown, Kent: July 31, 1869, 1869. - 23 words plus 8 lines of verse are penned in black ink, filling one side of a sheet of his personalized, 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide, black-bordered letterhead with his address printed at top right beside a vignette featuring 4 miniature cows. The letter has been mounted on a slightly larger piece of cream card. Signed "Thomas Sidney Cooper". There are 2 small, light stains to the left margin. Folded twice for mailing. Very good.
Cooper sends his autograph, commenting: "I hope the Young Lady will more highly esteem the Autograph accompanied by the following lines". After signing the letter he adds eight lines of verse beginning: "Tis calm assurance 'All is Well' / Though how or where I cannot tell". Below the verse he writes "This is faith" and signs again with his initials.
Thomas Sidney Cooper [1803-1902] was an English landscape painter noted for his images of cattle and farm animals. This earned him the name "Cow Cooper"--hence the vignette of cows on his letterhead. He was born in Canterbury, Kent and his home, Vernon Holme, Harbledown, Kent, which is now a school, is listed among the sites to see when visiting Canterbury. Very good .
Keywords: ART; PAINTING; ENGLISH ARTISTS; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ENGLISH ANIMAL AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER SENDING HIS AUTOGRAPH TO A YOUNG LADY; VERSES SIGNED BY THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER WITH HIS INITIALS; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; COW COOPER; FARM A
- Book number: 35051
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