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ARTISTS AMERICAN & ENGLISH]. A group of thirty items including ALS and DS representing various American and British artists from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Includes: WEST, Benjamin. 2 ALsS, 20 June 1816 and 4 August 1815. Together 2½ pp., 4to . Re: a recommendation of John Hill and a meeting to design medals commemorating British victories in the Napoleonic Wars. -- [WEST]. A printed document announcing the exhibition of Christ Rejected in New York, 5 September 1831. -- ALLSTON, Washington. ALS, 3 February 1832. 1 2/3 pp., 4to . Re: sending the picture and criticizing engravers. -- ALMA-TADEMA, Laurence. ALS, 22 May 1905. 1 p., 16mo . Re: a meeting of an art club. [With:] an ALS of his wife. -- TRUMBULL, John. DS, 28 May 1790. 1 p., oblong 8vo . A receipt for purchase of two Revolutionary War prints. -- NEAGLE, John. 6 ALsS, 25 September 1826 - 22 July 1843. Together 7¼ pp., 4to and 8vo . Re: a dispute, a portrait of Mr. Macready, and a Roman Catholic Society. -- WATTS, George F. ALS, 17 October 1902. 1½ pp., 8vo . Re: a request to send back his pictures as soon as possible. -- SULLY, Thomas. ALS and 2 ADsS, 7 December 1815 - 13 September 1832. Together 3 pp., 4to and oblong . Re: requesting buckles so he can finish a portrait of Monroe and two payment receipts for portraits. -- COLE, Thomas. Fragment of an ALS, n.d. 1 p., an oblong . -- [STUART, Gilbert] WOLCOTT, Oliver, Jr. ALS to Stuart, 26 February 1801. 1 p., 4to . Re: Stuart's payment for the portrait of George Washington. [With:] an ALS of Stuart's wife. -- ALEXANDER, Francis. ALS in third person, [c. 1820]. 1 p., 8vo. Re: a playful note to a possible love interest. -- WILKIE, David. ALS, 18 January 1811. 3 pp., 4to . Re: friendly content mentioning his limited time due to work on his picture ( Blind Man's Bluff ). -- JOCELYN, Nathaniel. Draft ALS, 7 May 1819. 2 pp., 4to . Re: a recommendation for a young artist, his engraving for the Bank. -- LESLIE, Charles Robert. ALS, 6 July 1833. 1 p., 8vo . Re: declining an invitation. -- LINEN, George. ALS, 25 July 1849. 1 1/8 pp., 4to . Re: a portrait he has completed of Zachary Taylor. -- HADEN, Francis S. 2 ALsS, 12 and 16 December 1882. Together 4 pp., 8vo . Re: engravings to be in the Drake catalogue. -- SMILLIE, James. ALS, 23 October 1882. 1½ pp., 8vo . Re: a request to include his engravings in a book. -- MAVERICK, Peter. ALS, 24 September 1810. 1 p., 4to . Re: engravings for Scott's commentary on the Bible. -- [AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS]. BOGERT, John. DS, 20 January 1813. 1 p., 4to . An honorary membership. Together 30 items . (30)