First letter: tiny chip to left edge. Remains of prior mounting on rear. Second letter: Mounting tape remnants on one edge of rear, doesn't touch writing. Curved tear, approx. 1" to the left hand edge, doesn't touch writing. Folded for mailing. ; Two handwritten letters, one page each. Signed R. S. Lauder. Approx. 4 3/8" wide by 7". First handwritten heading 7 Carlton Street, Edin. [burgh? ], 25th Dec. 1855. To "Dear Bicknell, I have just received your letter. Many thanks for it and your suggestions regarding the portraits, which of course I will be delighted to undertake, ." . Second handwritten heading 35 Upper Charltotte Street, Fitzroy Square, not dated. To a curator or secretary of an exhibition regarding the painting "Meg Merrilies [smudged] and the dying Smuggler . Price 150 guineas. Sir If this picture is not sold in Birmingham, you will oblige me by sending it to Edinburgh addressed to Mr. [Jas. ? ] Lauder 24 Fettig Row." Included a four line quotation, presumably from the work by Sir Walter Scott.…

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Title: Robert Scott Lauder Two Handwritten Signed Letters
Author: Lauder, Robert Scott
Publisher: 1855 + ?
Publication year: 1855
Condition: Very Good-
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Binding: Softcover

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