Reynolds, Sir Joshua FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, TO SIR WILLIAM FORBES, BT., OF PITSLIGO encouraging him to visit his friends in England, discussing mutual friends including James Boswell and Samuel Johnson ("... I hope you have seen Dr Johnson's lives of the Poets as far as he is advanced. he is still at work - he has given me a sight of Addison Prior and Rowe which are admirable. It is very lucky this opportunity of bringing out his critical knowledge which I take to be his chief excellence..."), admitting to the reason for the fading of his portrait of the Earl of Erroll ("...the truth is for many years I was extremely fond of a very treacherous colour called Carmine, very beautifull to look at, but of no substance..."), sending works to Fettercairn House, and returning repeatedly to his attempts to get Lord Erroll to settle his bill, 12 pages, 4to, one with autograph address panel, docketed, London, 21 April 1778 to 18 October 1783, light damp staining, fold tears
Reynolds, Sir Joshua FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, TO SIR WILLIAM FORBES, BT., OF PITSLIGO encouraging him to visit his friends in England, discussing mutual friends including James Boswell and Samuel Johnson ("... I hope you have seen Dr Johnson's lives of the Poets as far as he is advanced. he is still at work - he has given me a sight of Addison Prior and Rowe which are admirable. It is very lucky this opportunity of bringing out his critical knowledge which I take to be his chief excellence..."), admitting to the reason for the fading of his portrait of the Earl of Erroll ("...the truth is for many years I was extremely fond of a very treacherous colour called Carmine, very beautifull to look at, but of no substance..."), sending works to Fettercairn House, and returning repeatedly to his attempts to get Lord Erroll to settle his bill, 12 pages, 4to, one with autograph address panel, docketed, London, 21 April 1778 to 18 October 1783, light damp staining, fold tears
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