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Lot 453: Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist

Est: $200 USD - $300 USDPassed
East Coast BooksWells, ME, USFebruary 14, 2019

Item Overview

Description

[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..†& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. †have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! †No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man†..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsin†had the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall†.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another..

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Auction Details

ART ON PAPER, autographs & Other Paper Items

by
East Coast Books
February 14, 2019, 10:00 AM EST

PO Box 849, Wells, ME, 04090, US

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