Letters and draft manuscript leaf, 1809-ca. 1835.

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Letters and draft manuscript leaf, 1809-ca. 1835.

Collection consists of: a letter to Henry Cave concerning drawings by Cave and mentioning John Landseer; a letter to a Mr. Bartholomew in which Varley mentions showing some of his drawings; a note to a bookseller (Mr. Booth) requesting a copy of "Hoyle's Games";, a letter (1835 May 14) to Bartholomew regretting that he cannot accept the invitation; and a leaf from the draft manuscript of Varley's "Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy" (pub. 1828) containing 12 pen and ink sketches of heads from various angles and heavily corrected sections of the text.

5 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8206019

Getty Research Institute

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Cave, H. (Henry), 1780-1836.

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Varley, John, 1778-1842

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English landscape painter and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Allan Cunningham, [no year] Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574180 British painter and educator. From the description of Letters and draft manuscript leaf, 1809-ca. 1835. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77946479 ...

Landseer, John, 1769-1852

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English engraver, painter and writer on art. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Burgh Castle [Suffolk], to Dawson Turner, 1847 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595573 English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to John Newington Hughes, 1829 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846445 ...