Lot # wt 21A
Original 1900s John Alonzo Williams Signed, Handwritten & illustrated correspondence to Author Nixon Waterman
Jan 14th, Year unknown, New York
Folded size: approx. 8 5/8" x 6 7/8"
- John Alonzo Williams (1869-1951) was Painter and Illustrator of books and Magazine.
(SONNETS OF A BUDDING BARD Book Illustrated throughout in color by John A. Williams.)
- Nixon Waterman (1859 - 1944) was An author (newspaper writer, poet and Chautauqua lecturer, who rose to prominence in the 1890s)
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John Alonzo Williams (1869-1951, American) was a prolific illustrator of books and magazines as well as an award winning watercolorist. William studied at the Art Students League and the Metropolitan School of Art in New York. He later became a member of the National Academy of Design. And a cat lover, he captured his own in his unique water paintings. Williams won various awards throughout his life for his works, among them were the George A. Zabriskie prize in 1927, the Shaw prize in 1934 and 1936, the William Church Osborn prize of the American Water Color Society in 1946.
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