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Autograph letter signed from A. W. Thayer to J. S. Dwight
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, 1817-1897 Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
1872-07-07
Italy
Trieste
eng
Autograph letter signed from A. W. Thayer to J. S. Dwight, dated 7 July 1872, written in ink on the stationery of the U.S. Consulate, Trieste, Italy, regarding sale of a portrait of Handel. At the end of the letter he refers to the third volume of his biography of Beethoven.
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1 leaf (2 written pages) ; 20 x 12.5 cm. (8 x 5 inches)
Manuscript
Handel, Georg Friderick, 1685-1759 -- Portraits
Handel, Georg Friderick, 1685-1759 -- Portraits Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, 1817-1897
Correspondence
Letters about Beethoven
late 19th century
Beethoven Center Manuscripts
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University
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Beethoven Manuscript Box 3
My dear Dwight, Last spring I received a letter from an old acquaintance in Berlin in relation to a portrait of Händel, which he believed to be by Sir Godfrey Kueller. I wrote him that I desired some proofs of this fact, and [crossed out: some account] of the goodness of the portrait. I have at length received his reply, in which he states, that Prof. Magnus, Hermann Grimm & Joachim (who knows all the English portraits) all agree that it is "ein portrait ersten Ranges, von sprechende Ähnlichkeit, und von einem bedeutenden Künstler in das von mir angegehenen Zeit gemalt, wenn auch nicht definitive festgestallt ist von Kueller." Now comes the question: Are your musical people, willing to risk a subscription of $500, to secure this, on no better proof of the value of the picture than this? I will subscribe $10. towards it, for the [crossed out: Music] H. Mus. Association, or for any public institution. I have so much faith in my correspondent as to do this. Whether the picture will still to be had by the time I can receive a reply, is a quesion but such articles do not find ready sale at high prices in this part of the world. My third volume advance slowly owing to much "bad head." Yours truly, A. W. Thayer.
Purchase, David J. Holmes Autographs 20000418
