Lot 68
Wyant, Alexander Helwig. Autograph Letter Signed "A Wyant," 3pp, 10 ½"x8 ½", London, 1866 Apr. 5. Fine; two small vertical tears, easily repaired. A wonderful chatty letter to his parents and sister describing his life in London, bemoaning his loneliness, and describing a painting he is working on. In part: "It is a picture of evening, the sun about an hour high, & behind trees, breaking through here & there, dancing among leaves & branches, stopping for a moment on the feathery top of a willow, then jumping to the willow’s reflection in the water below: sporting amongst grasses & ferns in the foreground, gilding the edge of an old King-fisher that sits patiently on a dead snag"…."
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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