(DICKENS, CHARLES) (ARTISTS) FRITH, W.P.  Autograph note signed ("W.P. Frith", with small paraph), one page, 3 3/4" x 6", on printed letterhead of 7, Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, 20 October 1871. To Thomas Hills, requesting: "If you are disengaged on Sunday come & dine with us. . . . No company -- only Shirley Brooks & his wife." Mailing fold; minor offsetting of ink and lightly worn; else very good overall.
     William Powell Frith (1819-1909); English painter. In 1859 he was commissioned by John Forster to paint a portrait of Charles Dickens, now in the Forster collection at South Kensington. Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874); English novelist, editor of Punch.  Authenticity guaranteed.  Seller is a member of PADA (Professional Autograph Dealers Association), ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America Inc.) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).  New York residents will be charged sales tax.  (#26676/psy)