Kindred Spirits: Part II: Manuscripts, Letters, and Skecthbooks; Catalogue 88

Boston: Ars Libri, 1992. 123 pp. 643 items. Prices laid in. Illustrated by William Cullen Bryant--Formal petition of the residents of New York for the passage of an Act to prevent the defacement of natural scenery; George Catlin to John Rarey, horsetamer, 1857; Kenyon Cox to Mr. Tryon, another painter, 1897; Hugh Ferriss, illustrated letter, 1919; Winslow Homer Singed letter, 1901; William Sidney Mount to Charles Lamman, re Daniel Webster, 1853; Rembrandt Peale to P. M. Wetmore, 1835; Albert Pinkham Ryder to Tomas Clarke, 1885; Simeon Skillin, Jr., figurehead and ship carver, itemized bill, 1800; Alfred Stieglitz to Louis M. Eilshemius, 1939; John Trumbull Autograph ms. annotated '' paper prepared to hace read to the Directors of the Academy on the 8th Nov 1817 but witheld''; A leaf from the sketchbook fo Joseph Goldsborough Bruff; two leaves from the sketchbook of Winckworth Allan Gay; A leaf from the sketchbooks of Robert Havell, Jr.; six images from the sketchbook of Daniel Huntingdon; an image from the sketchbook of William Keith; an image from the sketchbook of William Castle Keith; three images from the sketch book of Richard P. Mallory; An image from the sketchbook of Alexander Schilling; two images of Edwin Whitefield. Bibliography. Many more, not illustrated, but with generous, if not complete transcriptions and illuminating exegesis. Wide coverage of the American art scene in the 19th century.. Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.