Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - "YOUR LETTER WAS BROUGHT TO ME TO THE GUN WHARF BY MR. MAW, BUT I WAS OUT IN MY BOAT ENJOYING THE SEA BREEZE & A CAPITAL TUMBLE WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR LIVER & GIZZARD CHANGE SIDES.. I FOUND A SENTRY BOX WHICH FITTED ME & BOUGHT IT - AS THE WALLS WERE ONLY ERECTED & THE TIMBERS LAID I HAVE FOUND SOME OCCUPATION IN FINISHING IT TO MY HUMOUR... N.B. NO BUGS!... PULL OFF YOUR HAT, SIR, FOR I AM A FREEHOLDER OF HAMPSHIRE. WITH TWO EXCELLENT DAMSELS TO TAKE CARE OF ME I HOPE I SHALL YET ENJOY SOME YEARS OF COMFORT & BE AS DIGNIFIED AS SULTAN MAHMOUD IN HIS HAREM. " -THOMSON (Henry, English artist and Royal Academician, 1773-1843); CHANTREY (Francis Leggatt, English sculptor and Royal Academician, 1781-1841); CHAMBERLAYNE (William, M.P. and patron of the arts, 1760-1829).Fascinating letter from painter Henry Thomson to fellow Royal Academician and sculptor Francis Chantrey, 1829, describing his life in his Portsmouth digs where he was recuperating from illness, 1829. Original handwritten letter, written on three sides of a folded sheet of folio paper (laid and watermarked, 'C. Wilmot / 1827'),in black ink and signed with initials 'HT' on third page. Dated 'July 22nd. 1829.' Rear page with address panel 'To Francis L. Chantrey, Esqr. Eccelston Street, Belgrave Place, Pimlico, London', with remnants of red wax seal and red postmarks. Size: 25.3cm x 19.5cm.Very Good condition. Folds for mailing. Some light overall creasing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.A truly fascinating and frank letter from one R.A. to another, discussing his domestic life and living arrangements in the first part of the 19th century, written in a breezy and unorthodox style. key words:
Price: 155 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts
Year Printed: 1829
Binding: Loose Pages, Articles
Author: Henry Thompson
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: Portsmouth
Special Attributes: Manuscript
