LETTER FROM ONE OF THE LADIES WHO HELPED FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE IN SCUTARI
BLACKWOOD
(Lady Alicia, 1818-1913, Painter and Nurse)
Autograph Letter Signed to "Richard & Emily"
telling them that "while wrapping up the enclosed - I must express as well as I can my very sincere thanks for all your kind attentions to me & all the love you have shown me which has made my little sojourn here so very happy - but more especially do I desire to thank Our Heavenly Father for all the spiritual communion & fellowship which I have truly enjoyed - & which if it pleases Him to spare me I shall hope again to enjoy in the Spring after a visit from yourselves to me D.V. in January, when I trust I may reciprocate some of that love & affection which you have shown me & which has made me so happy. May Our dear Lord & Saviour ever watch over you & bless you & make you both a blessing to the sheep committed to your care - & may He guide us all, in which I desire with kindest love to include yr dear Aunt to follow Him until He lead us into those Heavenly Mansions which He is gone to prepare for His redeemed ...", 3 sides 8vo., together with an original photo of the old lady sitting on a bench in a garden, 3¼" x 2¼", 'Upstairs', Kinneridge, 14th September
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
41753
£275
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BLANEY
(Dwight, 1865-1944, American Artist)
Charming Original pen and ink sketch signed and dated
with a note that it is "a la Anglais", the sketch shows a bleak river scene, with bare trees lining the bank and a half submerged rowing boat in the foreground, 4½" x 4½", on brownish paper, no place, November
pinhole on top edge
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
39490
£225
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BLANEY
(Dwight, 1865-1944, American Artist)
Charming Original water-colour sketch signed and dated
on the top of a sheet of Howes Norris Jr's printed letterhead, showing a large pier with boats moored to it, there are figures on one of the boats that you can just see behind it, he has also boldly signed and dated the bottom half of the paper, 1 side 8vo., no place, October
Item Date:
1922
Stock No:
39488
£375
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BLINKS
(Thomas, 1860-1912, Artist, specialising in sport and animals)
Photo of one of his pictures signed and inscribed beneath
wishing "A Happy New Year to you", the picture is of two black hunting dogs in a field, 8¾" x 6", on a mount 10" x 7½", no place, New Year c.
slightly spotted on the mount
Item Date:
1905
Stock No:
28178
£60
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BLOMFIELD
(Sir Arthur William, 1829-1899, Architect, with A.E. Street, of the Law Courts)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Sir',
sending "the full size moldings &c for the sarcophagus", 1 side black-edged, 28 Montagu Square, W., no date, c.
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
24357
£25
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