Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mrs. Hewitt, undated.

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mrs. Hewitt, undated.

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Thanking her for her note and saying that with this letter he is delivering a drawing of a place he loves; lamenting that he has no one to love in his life but saying "I have no leisure to lament this. I hope to recover from this despondent fit I have fallen into and not to work myself into another; saying that "Yes, my heart is Turner's--if I have any feeling distinctly about the art world it is the hope of talking with him, Tintoret [sic] and Veronese--and being loved by them. I never shall devote myself to any woman--feeling, whether erringly or not, that my work is useful in the world and supposing myself to be intended for it. Call this haughty if you choose, but be assured I write my books from Pride and not Vanity--because I supposed myself useful--not because I want to be admired. I desire no crown but I will not give up my labors, nor my soul, to any woman;" asking her to look over the Bible and tell him who is the model husband; suggesting several readings from Shakespeare to her as they relate to an ideal relationship.

1 item (7 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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