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Auction archive: Lot number 18

Catlin, George | Card initialled "G.C", admission to The American Indian Collection for a lecture on the "Description of the leading Customs of the American Indians"

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,905
Auction archive: Lot number 18

Catlin, George | Card initialled "G.C", admission to The American Indian Collection for a lecture on the "Description of the leading Customs of the American Indians"

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,905
Beschreibung:

Western Art and Design from Bar Cross Ranch, WyomingGeorge CatlinAdmission card, initialed "G.C.," to The American Indian Collection lecture on the "Description of the leading Customs of the American Indians," circa 1840s
One page (181 x 111mm), on a folded leaf. Letterpress text, signed ("G.C.") in sepia ink, with two manuscript edits (corrected to Friday 9th January); old folds, a few stray spots and some faint soiling. [With:] 1 page (198 x 124mm) autograph letter signed ("Thomas Hodgkin"), dated 20 April 1852; light toning, old folds.
The letter from Thomas Hodgkin, addressed to "My dear friend," is "calling a meeting of the friends of G Catlin & I am increasingly of opinion that we may do him good thereby."
PROVENANCE:Forum Auctions, 28 March 2019, lot 340

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jan 2024
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
Beschreibung:

Western Art and Design from Bar Cross Ranch, WyomingGeorge CatlinAdmission card, initialed "G.C.," to The American Indian Collection lecture on the "Description of the leading Customs of the American Indians," circa 1840s
One page (181 x 111mm), on a folded leaf. Letterpress text, signed ("G.C.") in sepia ink, with two manuscript edits (corrected to Friday 9th January); old folds, a few stray spots and some faint soiling. [With:] 1 page (198 x 124mm) autograph letter signed ("Thomas Hodgkin"), dated 20 April 1852; light toning, old folds.
The letter from Thomas Hodgkin, addressed to "My dear friend," is "calling a meeting of the friends of G Catlin & I am increasingly of opinion that we may do him good thereby."
PROVENANCE:Forum Auctions, 28 March 2019, lot 340

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jan 2024
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
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