Lot 132
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891) American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat. Manuscript poem signed ("J.R. Lowell"), 1 page, 8 x 5 in., Cambridge, July 7, 1859. On his embossed stationery, an eight-line poem, beginning "Sincere & genuine autographs / Are written unawares. Like those gigantic claw-toe-graphs / Our Hampshire sandstone bears…." Twice folded for mailing, otherwise fine.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
Ex William "Bill" Steiner Collection, Provenance: Anne Lynch Botta, collection sold at the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864; Frederick Gebhard, sale Anderson Auction Company, February 16, 1906; Smythe, Dec. 4, 1995, lot 220.
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