Autograph letter signed, with four letters enclosed, from Alfred Cochran Lambdin, Philadelphia, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1889 May 9.

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Autograph letter signed, with four letters enclosed, from Alfred Cochran Lambdin, Philadelphia, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1889 May 9.

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Daly has acquired a portrait of George Frederick Cooke copied by Mr. Lambdin's father, James Reid Lambdin, from a painting of the actor as Richard III by Thomas Sully. Enclosed with Lambdin's letter is his father's correspondence regarding the painting - 3 letters to J.R. Lambdin from C.H.Burnett, John Sartain and the General Post Office, London, and a copy of a letter from J.R.Lambdin to the Hon. M.W.B. Nugent for whom the copy was originally intended, 1871.

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Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889

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James Reid Lambdin was born on May 10, 1807, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was the son of James and Prudence Lambdin and the brother of Samuel H. Lambdin. He moved to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1823 to pursue a career as an artist under the tutelage of Thomas Sully. He returned to Pittsburgh by 1826 and opened the Pittsburgh Museum of Natural History and Gallery of Fine Art, modeled after Charles Willson Peale's museum in Philadelphia. His collection, which included over fifty paintings and 400 fossils, was w...

Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899

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Playwright, producer; owner of Daly's Theatre in New York City. From the description of [John] Augustin Daly letter to Mr. [William A. ]Jenner [manuscript], 1892 Dec 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191870954 American dramatist and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Bouton (bookseller in New York), 1882 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526011 From the description of Autograph l...

Burnett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1842-1902

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Lambdin, Alfred Cochran, 1846-1911

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Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to J.H. Payne, [1811] Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525373 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000101 ...

Sartain, John, 1808-1897

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Engraver, portrait and miniature painter John Sartain was born in London in 1808 and moved to the United States in 1830 after a seven year apprenticeship to London engraver John Swaine. Besides his banknote and portrait engraving, Sartain was noted for his magazine engravings. In 1849 he began his own magazine, entitled Sartain's Union Magazine of Letters and Art, but ceased its publication three years later due to financial troubles. Sartain was also the director of the Pennsylvania Academy of ...

Lamdin, James Reid, 1807-1889.

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Nugent, Michael William Bellew, 1808-

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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...