Autograph Note Signed from the editor of 'Punch' Mark Lemon, asking the publisher Frederick Chapman of Chapman & Hall to listen to a proposal from Joseph Swain, 'principal engraver upon Punch'.
Author:
Mark Lemon (1809-1870), editor of 'Punch' [Frederick Chapman (1823-1895), partner in the London publishers Chapman & Hall; Joseph Swain (1820-1909), wood engraver]
Publication details:
On letterhead of the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street, with printed date 1853.
£56.00
SKU: 13293
2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with reverse of second leaf laid down on part of leaf removed from album. Addressed to 'Fredk Chapman Esq', the letter reads: 'My dear Sir, | Will you hear what Mr Swaine [sic] (long since principal engraver upon Punch) has to say & if you can serve him you will oblige | Yours very truly | Mark Lemon'.