WOOLNER (Thomas, 1825-1892, Pre-Raphaelite Sculptor)

Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hooker saying that he finds that "the carter, who was sent by my plasterman to fetch the modelling traps, brought away sundry pans and basins thinking they belonged to the plasterman; will you have the goodness just to mention this circumstance at Sir Williams' and say that they shall be sent the first opportunity as soon as the man gets rid of a rheumatism which keeps him at present to his house? My kindest remembrances to Dr Hooker and to my little friends ...", 1 side 8vo., 27 Rutland St. N.W.,12th June, no year but circa

Thomas Woolner was the only sculptor amongst the original members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1875 and served for a time as professor of sculpture. Woolner's circle of friends included Thomas Carlyle and Alfred Tennyson and Woolner, himself, was a successful writer and poet. He also corresponded with Charles Darwin, who named part of the human ear, the Woolnerian Tip" after him.
Sir Joseph Dalton HOOKER (1817-1911, Botanist and Explorer, Darwin's closest friend) commissioned a marble bust of his father Sir William Jackson HOOKER (1785-1865, Botanist and First Director of Kew) in April 1859 which is now in the National Portrait Gallery.

Item Date:  1859

Stock No:  41114      £275

             Add to Wish List     Order/Enquire