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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
David Roberts (1796-1864), RA, Scottish painter [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), Scottish artist; Sir Daniel Macnee (1806-1882), Scottish artist ] [ David Roberts, RA, Scottish painter. ] Autograph Note Signed ('David Roberts'), inviting fellow Scottish artist Thomas Faed to a 'quite dinner' with Daniel Macnee. 1p., 12mo. In very good condition, lightly aged. Laid down on leaf removed from album. Reads: 'My Dear Faed/ \| Will you take a quiet dinner with me on Tuesday next the 24th. 1/4 before 7 - and meet our friend MacNee - to say nothing of obliging \| Yours faithfully \| David Roberts'.		£135.00
Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), Italian writer, revolutionary and poet [ Ugo Foscolo] Small part of letter, the subscription, signed "Ugo Foscolo" Part of a letter, the subscription, c.10 x 2cm, sl. stained but text clear, from album leaf. Text in hasty hand, as follows: "Adieu in [?] - your grateful \|with all my soul - Ugo Foscolo", Perhaps to be read "Adieu in [?] with all my soul your grateful Ugo Foscolo."		£45.00
Francis Grant (1803-1878), English portrait painter [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), Scottish artist; Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67), Italian sculptor; Samuel Cousins (1801-87), engraver; Royal Academy ] [ Sir Francis Grant, portrait painter. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Francis Grant') to Scottish artist Thomas Faed, on his election as Associate Member of the Royal Academy, and an engraving by Samuel Cousins of one of his paintings. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, the blank reverse of the second leaf laid down on card backing removed from autograph album. Writing of his trip to London to take part in the vote at the Royal Academy he writes: 'I had two inducements to come up - you & Marochetti [the...		£60.00
Frederick Tayler [ John Frederick Tayler ], English watercolour artist, president of the Royal Watercolour Society [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), Scottish artist ] [ Frederick Tayler, watercolour artist. ] Original 'design' for a painting of 'a Girl carrying a Basket of Puppies', in an Autograph Letter Signed ('Fredk. Tayler') [to Scottish artist Thomas Faed], with request for a 'Cottage Door' to work from. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, but with a corner of the first leaf torn away, resulting in some loss of text, including the year. The reverse of the second leaf laid down on a leaf removed from an album. The image of the 'design', 8 x 6.5 cm, is on the second...		£120.00
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist and composer [ Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist. ] Autograph Signature ('I J Paderewski'). On 13.5 x 16.5 cm piece of light-pink paper removed from autograph album. In very good condition. Reads: 'yours truly \| I J Paderewski \| 23/XI 1912'.		£75.00
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), American composer, known for his marches including 'Stars and Stripes Forever' [ John Philip Sousa, American composer. ] Autograph Signature, carefully written along the horizon line of a small photograph of the Atlantic City Steel Pier. Carefully signed along the horizon line of a 3 x 9.5 black and white photograph of the Atlantic City Steel Pier, the location of a "residency" of Sousa's. Laid down on 13.5 x 16.5 cm piece of light-pink paper removed from autograph album. In very good condition. Reads: 'John Philip Sousa \| 1911...		£150.00
Joseph Warton (1728-1790), Poet Laureate [ Trinity College, Oxford ] [ Joseph Warton, Poet Laureate. ] Autograph Receipt Signed ('Jos. Warton') of monies (presumably tuition fees) from Hugh Rogers. On one side of 11 x 18.5 cm piece of paper. In good condition, lightly aged and creased. On reverse is small circular printed paper label of the Ray Rawlins Collection. Reads: 'July 16 1767 Received of Hugh Rogers Esqr the Above Sum in Full for His Son till Last Whitsuntide \| by me \| Jos. Warton...		£600.00
Leonard Borwick (1868-1925), English concert pianist; Nina Balfour [ Lady Helena Balfour ] (1865-1948) [ Leonard Borwick, English concert pianist. ] Autograph Signature, with that of 'Nina Balfour' (i.e. Lady Helena Balfour). On a 4to leaf extracted from a diary, at the page for the entries for 25 and 26 February.; with printed sheet music on reverse. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The signature 'Leonard Borwick' is written above that of 'Nina Balfour'. Balfour does not appear to have performed music in...		£75.00
Mrs. Hemans [ Felicia Dorothea Hemans ] (1793-1835), English poet [ Mrs. Hemans [ Felicia Dorothea Hemans ], English poet. ] Unsigned autograph note on 'The Princess Pauline Schwartzenberg'. On 10 x 18 cm piece of paper. Aged and worn, laid down on leaf from album. Unsigned. Reads: 'Theh Princess Pauline Schwartzenberg \| the story of her fate is beautifully related in "L'Allemagne" Vol. 3. p. 336'. Beneath this in a contemporary hand: 'Holograph [sic] of Mrs. Hemans the Poet'.		£45.00
Peter Graham (1836-1921), RA, Scottish artist [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), Scottish painter ] [ Peter Graham, Scottish artist. ] Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Jack' [i.e. John, son of Scottish artist Faed], regarding his pictures in a Royal Academy exhibition. 2pp., 16mo. Bifolium with black border. He writes that he had 'looked forward with great interest to seeing your academy pictures for this year', but that he is disappointed not to be able to do so, as a result of a heavy cold. 'I have no doubt they will more than sustain your reputation, and it...		£35.00