CHANTREY
(Sir Francis Legatt, 1781-1841, Sculptor)
Autograph Letter Signed to Christopher Jeffrey
a merchant in Peterborough telling him that his "bottle of Curacao is received - tasted and highly approved. It is excellent. Lime is sold in London in quantities called a Hundred - which quantity is equal to 18 bushels, therefore all the calculations have been made upon the quantity called a Hundred. Lime made from chalk. In my old form of Kiln 1 Chaldron or stone coal of Culm price 28/- burnt a Hundred of lime at the cost of 3/6 per Hd for fuel. Small coal (called Bean coal) was found to be rather cheaper producing more lime in proportion to its price which was 17/- per Chaldron when Culm cost 28/- but at this moment I don't remember the exact quantity produced by one chaldron of this small coal. In the first place, and before I say anything in favor of the present kilns I wish you to make such experiments as will enable to tell me at what cost for fuel you now burn one hundred or 18 bushels ... I will then give you further information - such as I hope may be useful & at any rate repay you for the Curacao. No matter what price you pay for fuel or what kind it may be - make your calculations upon the prices which I have given ... the prices of fuel & quantities of lime produced as stated above are taken from the kilns which Mr Whitbread used in the year 1828 before I had anything to do with - or knew anything of Lime ... burning & if I can do half a must for you I shall be happy ...", 2 sides 4to., with original autograph address leaf and seal, with pencil calculations in another hand on the blank leaf, no place, 10th December
Item Date:
1833
Stock No:
40383
£225
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[CHARDIN
(Jean-Baptiste Siméon, 1699-1799, French Painter)]
Fine Engraving of 'La Gouvernante' ('the Governess')
reversed from his original oil painting of 1738, (now at the National Gallery, Ottawa, there is also an apparently autograph replica at Tatton Park), showing her seated full length in profile, her work basket by her side, breaking off from brushing the tricorne of the young son of the house and apparently gently remonstrating with him, he holds a parcel of books under his right arm but lying on the floor are his shuttlecock, racquet and playing cards, 12½" x 9¾" in margins 20¾" x 15½" on fine paper, this engraving no place, no date, 18th - 19th century
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0
Stock No:
56269
£225
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CLARK
(Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 1903-1983, Art Historian, Life Baron)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed ‘K’ to ‘Dearest Ava’ LADY WAVERLEY
(1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley) saying that he owes her “two letters of thanks for the most delightful evenings... adored the trip down the Avon & equally the ring of Valkyrie. It has always been my favourite of the Cycle... We had a most delightful day & evening with Mollie & Walter at Drumlanrig. I think the most beautiful house in Scotland with the most beautiful things in it... what possessions they have! It is incredible - where on can spend an evening with Queen Elizabeth sitting in chairs given by Charles II to Monmouth - in a room lit by sconces given to Monmouth by Charles II & so on ad infinitum - one is transported into another world... How sad it will be when Drumlanrig becomes a kind of Chateau of the Loire? That is the only sorrow about Chatsworth. Admirable as the arrangement is - how much better it would have been if Anconer could have gone on living there. Houses very quickly turn into Museums - & die. Mollie is really a genius at entertaining. To transport the whole household from Boughton to Drumlanrig & back & have 22 people to dinner every night - is a triumph! I put you, & Mollie & Diana Cooper as the three best hostesses in my generation. How happy I am to know & love them all! & enjoy such hospitality. I wish you and John weren’t going away in the summer & could have come either her - or to Glancomer for the Festival...”, 4 sides 4to., Harwood Bonchester Bridge, Hawick headed paper, 27th June no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43724
£125
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CLARK
(Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 1903-1983, Art Historian, Life Baron)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed ‘K’ to ‘Dearest Ava’ LADY WAVERLEY
(1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley) thanking her for a “most delightful evening - & excellent dinner. I must get your cook to tell my Joan how to do Mont Blanc. How is the report on Canada which I gave to Lord Addison. It is confidential - but now out of date rather - so I don’t think its secrets are of much value!!...”, 2 sides oblong 8vo., 17 Lord North Street, 23rd November no year
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0
Stock No:
43725
£45
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COCKERELL WRITES TO A FELLOW COLLECTOR
COCKERELL
(Sir Sidney Carlyle, 1867-1962, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1908-1937 and Bibliophile)
Autograph Note Signed in full to Robin Fry
sending him "a few scraps. I have not got Wilde or Fisher. Since Paul Osborne wrote to me I have been given a very fine letter of Captain Scott's ..." 21 Kew Gardens Road, Richmond, 1st January
Item Date:
1949
Stock No:
40428
£125
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