BRITTON

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[ John Martin, English romantic painter. ] Autograph Letter Signed to the antiquary John Britton, regarding a meeting to discuss the 'intended embankments of the Thames' which he himself proposed.

Author: 
John Martin (1789-1854), English romantic painter [ John Britton (1771-1857), antiquary; embankment of the River Thames, London ]
Publication details: 
30 Allsop Terrace [ London ]. 30 March 1840.
£220.00

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, with slight damage to gutter from removal from stub. Addressed, with postmark, on reverse of second leaf, to 'John Britton Esqre | 17, Burton St | Burton Crescent'. He asks him and 'any friend who might be interested in the subject' to try to attend 'a meeting at the Guildhall Coffee House' the following day, 'Sir Wm. Heygate in the chair, to consider the necessity of combining a public walk with the intended embankments of the Thames'.

[Charles Turner, engraver.] Autograph Letter Signed ('C. Turner') to the antiquary John Britton, explaining that he has been asked to attend at the Horse Guards, after having presented a print of Lord Hill to King George IV.

Author: 
Charles Turner (1774-1857), engraver [John Britton (1771-1857), antiquary; Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842), British army officer; Colnaghi & Co., London booksellers]
Publication details: 
Warren Street [Fitzroy Square, London.] 'Friday Eveng. [1824]
Upon request

2pp., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He will have to forgo meeting Britton, as he the previous evening he received 'a Message from the Horse Guards to attend there on Saturday at 3 O Cl'. He has 'just finished a Whole Length of Ld Hill, & its on that acct. I am summoned, I was yesterday Introduced with it To His Majesty so you see my present situation'. He will send the prints the following Tuesday, 'as they are in my press'. Turner's engraving of Hill is captioned: 'Painted by Henry W. Pickersgill Esq. R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.

Autograph Letter Signed ('J Britton') to Wodderspoon

Author: 
John Britton (1771-1857), antiquary and topographer [John Wodderspoon, Suffolk antiquary]
Publication details: 
Undated [postmarked Richmond, 2 May 1840].
£56.00

8vo, 1 p. Address, with broken wax seal and two postmarks, on verso of second leaf of bifolium. He has ('with much satisfaction') read in the Gentleman's Magazine an account of Wodderspoon's 'new work on Suffolk' ('Historic sites, and other remarkable and interesting places, in the county of Suffolk'), and 'it occurs to me that you may be pleased with a few points illustrative of the Antiquities'. Offers 'prints that I have published in the Architectural Antiqs of Oxburgh Hall' as 'tokens of a veteran topographer to the aspiring emulation of a young one'.

Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed correspondent.

Author: 
John Britton
Publication details: 
Without date or place.
£18.00

English antiquary and topographer (1771-1857). Paper dimensions roughly four and a half inches by two and a half. Folded once. Good, on slightly discoloured paper. Good clean signature. Reads 'Yrs very truly | John Britton | 17 Burton Street'. Lines above and below signature perhaps in another hand. Top line slightly cropped.

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