Letters : to Allen Marquand, 1883? Oct. 22-1896 Jan. 28.

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Letters : to Allen Marquand, 1883? Oct. 22-1896 Jan. 28.

Eleven ALSs from Boughton to Allen Marquand written between 1883/1885 and 1896. The letters discuss prices realized in the London market for paintings by several old masters. In a letter of 1898 December 3, Boughton insists that he is not an agent for the sale of paintings. The letter of 1896 Jan. 20 discusses the death of Sir Frederick Leighton, president of the Royal Academy.

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Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, baron, 1830-1896

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British painter; president of the Royal Academy of Arts. From the description of Letters from Frederic Leighton, ca. 1875-1894. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80461091 English painter. From the description of Autograph signature : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846652 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Lucas, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846660 From the description of Autog...

Marquand, Allen, 1853-1924

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Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905

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Born in England, George Henry Boughton grew up in New York State but returned to England and made his reputation there. Boughton was elected to the Royal Academy of Art and known for his genre scenes of peasant life in Italy and for his illustrations to histories and romances of early New England. Boughton illustrated Washington Irving's History of New York (1886) and Hawthorne's The scarlet letter (1908) for the Grolier Club. From the description of Letter : London, to Minnie E. Noy...