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[William Thomas Roden, Victorian portrait painter.] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. T. Roden'), to an unnamed recipient, regarding the engraving of a painting by William Powell Frith.

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William Thomas Roden (1817-1892), Victorian portrait painter and engraver [William Powell Frith (1819-1909), English artist]
Publication details: 
1 Victoria Terrace, Bridge Road, Hammersmith. No date.
£80.00

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Casting an interesting light on the practicalities of Victorian engraving. Roden begins: 'I have had an answer from Mr. Frith who is willing that I should engrave his picture[,] he cannot however get it me for 3 years, the time I mentioned.' Frith has mentioned a copy to Roden, which will cost him sixty guineas, 'and the purchaser consents to me having the original "now and then"'. He ends with an appeal for the recipient's advice.

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Autograph Note in the third person from 'Mr Parry' (the Welsh composer and musician John Parry), enclosing tickets to Thomas Roden of the Morning Herald, and asking for the insertion of an 'account of the Richmond Concert'.

Author: 
John Parry (1776-1851), Welsh composer and musician [Thomas Roden (c.1789-1854), principal cashier to the Morning Herald]
Publication details: 
No place. 8 December 1831.
£60.00

1p., 4to. Addressed on reverse to 'Thos Roden'. In fair condition, on lightly aged and creased paper, with Parry's seal (monogram 'P') in red wax. The letter reads: 'Mr Parry's compliments & encloses a couple of Tickets for a private performance on the 20th Inst - Mr P. will feel greatly obliged by the insertion of the enclosed account off the Richmond Concert in the Morning Herald | Dec: 8. 1831'.

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