Autograph letter signed : Walpole Square, to J[ohn] J[ulius] Angerstein, [1818 Aug. 10].

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Autograph letter signed : Walpole Square, to J[ohn] J[ulius] Angerstein, [1818 Aug. 10].

Saying that he has seen an inferior "imitation" of Angerstein's portrait of Bonaparte in which the artist has attempted to age the subject "by Fat, and not by Wrinkles," describing and criticizing the picture and advising Angerstein not to buy it.

1 item (3 p.) ; 22.4 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7217365

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