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[Edward Armitage, history painter.] Autograph Note Signed ('E. Armitage') to his brother 'Tom' [Thomas Rhodes Armitage], regarding 'a new lot of gum I am preparing'.

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Edward Armitage (1817-1896), history painter [his brother Thomas Rhodes Armitage (1824-1890), surgeon and campaigner for blind people]
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Place and date not stated.
£35.00

1p., 12mo. With mourning border. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, loosely attached to part of leaf from autograph album. Reads: 'Dear Tom | Please bring me a couple of grains of corrosive sublimate for a new bit of gum I am preparing - | Yr. affect. brother | E. Armitage'. Edward Armitage's entry in the Oxford DNB states that while adhering to the ' technical methods' of his teacher Paul Delaroche, he 'experimented with techniques suitable to England's damp climate'.

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