Sales catalogue 538: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/93
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 538: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    42 BONINGTON (RICHARD PARKES). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM RICHARD BON- INGTON (FATHER OF THE ARTIST) TO MR. CARPENTER. I page, 4to. Tottenham Street, 25th September, 1832. £3 3s Concerning the pictures of his late son which he had removed from the Royal Academy, and asking for an introduction to Sir M. A. Shee, president of the Academy. ‘‘Having been favoured by the kindness of the late President of the Royal Academy Sir Richard Lawrence with a Treasury Order to clear the works of my late son Richard Parkes Bonington—having now in my possession some most splerdid specimens of his talent and feeling a great desire that the land of his nativity should possess them, , , , how I could get an introduction to the present President of the Royal Academy Sir M. A. Shee from whose great love of Art I feel a strong hope would interest himself in my behalf.’’ 43 BOSSUET (JACQUES BENIGNE, 1627-1704). Bishop of Meaux. The Eminent French Orator and Author. AUTOGRAPH LETTER. SIGNED ~1O, CARDINAL: DE BOUILLON. gop ato. Paris, 14 March. NY. £31 10s “T] ne se peut n’en adiouster, monseigneur, au bout ce que me temoigne V.E. au suiet de la perte que j’ai faite et je n’ai une parfaite reconnaissance. Mon neveu m’écrit, monseigneur dans les mesmes sentimens. Nous soumestons pleins d’un respect infini pour votre personne.’’ Etc. 44 BRAHMS (JOHANNES, 1833-1897). German Musical Composer. BU TOGRArH LEMIeR sIGNED OVIT ER INILIALS). 2) op. ovo. ND. £8 15s Concerning some music which he had received from his correspond- ent for criticism. (Trans.):—“. . The choruses are probably the best and the rain-song the most charming if the pitch of voices were not so difficult. ‘““ Qn the whole you ought to go on working very hard. Preludes and Fan- tasies are so often all that it comes to. _ “ Then again the technique is not at all good, and I don’t know whether to advise you to take a course of theory or to recommend you to pay more respect and attention to what you have learnt.”’
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