[Samuel Rogers, 'The Banker Poet', member of Holland House circle, and acquaintance of Byron, Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott.]

Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), 'The Banker Poet', art connoisseur, member of the Holland House circle, and acquaintance of Wordsworth, Byron, Sir Walter Scott [Lady Theresa Lewis]

Verlag: No place or date on paper with Whatman watermark, 1837

Beschreibung

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient is not named, but the item is from the papers of the author Lady Theresa Lewis (1803-1865), successively wife of the novelist Thomas Henry Lister (1800-1842) and the Liberal politician Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), all with entries in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and folded for postage. Reads: Many, many thanks for thinking of me! When I came to myself in the morning, I remembered something of a kind proposition you had made to me & resolved to call & learn more about it. / Monday the 9th. shall [last word underlined] suit me & I will not fail to come at 7 o Clock, if you don t write to prevent me. I was going out of town, but will stay for so good a purpose. / Yours ever / S. Rogers. See Image. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25615

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Samuel Rogers, 'The Banker Poet', member of...

Verlag: No place or date on paper with Whatman watermark

Erscheinungsdatum: 1837