Son of American Sculptor, Horatio Greenough, ALS 1862
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Autograph Letter Signed, "H Greenough" Jan 1. 1862; a letter of thanks to a long time friend for a gift, an item that had once belonged to Greenough's deceased father, the American Sculptor, Horatio Greenough.
"Dear [ ]
I hardly know how to express adequately the gratification with which I received you very valuable present this morning. Its beauty and its [ ] is worth all can appreciate, but the associations which surround it and the language of its bestowal, give it a value in my eyes not to be estimated. My fathers memory would hallow to me anything that had once bear his, and I have the same feeling towards our [ ] constant active & unvarying friendship, for the long period since his death... "
Embossed letterhead "G". 7" x 9" Fine.
Horatio Greenough (1805 – 1852) American sculptor best known for his United States government commissions, The Rescue (1837–1850) and his over life-size George Washington (1840) both derived from United States government commissions. Some of his other most famous and important sculptures include:James Fenimore Cooper, 1831, Castor and Pollux, 1847, Marquis de Lafayette, 1831–32. Along with sculpture masterpieces he created, there are numerous drawings he also created which are displayed at the Middlebury College Museum of Art's exhibition. His works are in the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, ad the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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"Dear [ ]
I hardly know how to express adequately the gratification with which I received you very valuable present this morning. Its beauty and its [ ] is worth all can appreciate, but the associations which surround it and the language of its bestowal, give it a value in my eyes not to be estimated. My fathers memory would hallow to me anything that had once bear his, and I have the same feeling towards our [ ] constant active & unvarying friendship, for the long period since his death... "
Embossed letterhead "G". 7" x 9" Fine.
Horatio Greenough (1805 – 1852) American sculptor best known for his United States government commissions, The Rescue (1837–1850) and his over life-size George Washington (1840) both derived from United States government commissions. Some of his other most famous and important sculptures include:James Fenimore Cooper, 1831, Castor and Pollux, 1847, Marquis de Lafayette, 1831–32. Along with sculpture masterpieces he created, there are numerous drawings he also created which are displayed at the Middlebury College Museum of Art's exhibition. His works are in the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, ad the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Architectural theory
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