April 12, 2024
SIGNED HANDWRITTEN LETTER JANUARY 26-ALFRED PARSONS PAINTER-54 BEDFORD GARDENS
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HELLO AGAINHERE IS A WONDERFUL HANDWRITTEN AND HAND SIGNED LETTER FROM ENGLISH ARTIST ,ILLUSTRATOR, LANDSCAPE PAINTER AND GARDEN DESIGNER ALFRED PARSONS. THE LETTER HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON STATIONARY FROM 54,BEFORD GARDENS, KENSINGTON.W. THE DATE IS JANUARY 26. NO YEAR IS WRITTEN. THE LETTER IS IN REFERENCE TO SENDING AUTOGRAPHS--HE STATES "HERE ARE A FEW AND IF THE WRITERS ARE NOT ALL DISTINGUISHED ENOUGH TO BE OF VALUE TO YOU--YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THEY WOULD ALL LIKE TO BE" FOLLOWED WITH HIS SIGNATURE. THERE IS A FOLD WHERE THE NOTE WAS PLACED IN AN ENVELOPE. THE SIZE IS 4.5 X 7 INCHES . IT OPENS LIKE A BIFOLD. THE OTHER PAGES ARE BLANK. THERE ARE SOME SMALL INSIGNIFICANT MARKINGS ABOVE SOME OF THE HANDWRITTEN SENTENCES. ALFRED PARSONS PURSUED HIS STUDIES AT THE KENSINGTON SCHOOL OF ART , AND WENT ON TO EXHIBIT AT VARIOUS GALLERIES INCLUDING THE GROSVENOR GALLERY AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY WHERE HE EXHIBITED EVERY YEAR FROM 1874 TIL THE END OF HIS LIFE IN 1920. HIS ASSOCIATES INCLUDED FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET WHO REMAINED PARSON'S CLOSEST FRIEND UNTIL HE DROWNED ABOARD THE RMS TITANIC, AND EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY WITH WHOM HE COLLABORATED IN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS . HE BECAME AN ILLUSTRATOR FOR HAPER'S MAGAZINE AND ALSO PROVIDED ILLUSTRATION FOR BOOKS --INCLUDING SHORT STORIES BY THOMAS HARDY. THE THREE MEN PARSONS, MILLET AND ABBEY, LIVED TOGETHER
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