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Title
Autograph Letter Signed
By
Charlotte NASMYTH
[Original Hand Signed Letter]
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Hand Written Letter
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Mounted on Paper
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Author
Charlotte NASMYTH
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Year of Publication
1850s
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Publisher
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For
full description see below - after all photographs
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Description:
1850s autograph signed letter by Scottish Artist Charlotte Nasmyth. Single sheet mounted on brown paper, mounted onto cream paper.
The letter states:
"Sir
In complying with your request, I wish my name as an artist was more worthy a a place in the affection of autographs you are forming.
I remain
Sir
Yours &c &c
Charlotte Nasmyth".
Charlotte Nasmyth (1804-1884) was a Scottish painter whose works were regarded at
the time as "gems", and which are now included in the collections of
the Scottish National Gallery and other museums.
Charlotte was born in St Andrew's parish, Edinburgh, one of eleven children, including six daughters, of Alexander Nasmyth, the "foremost landscape artist of his day".
Charlotte, in common with
her siblings Patrick, Jane, Barbara, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Anne, worked as a
studio assistant to her father in Edinburgh, and also taught art classes. After
the death of their father in 1840, his legacy and an auction of 155 of the
family's paintings gave the Nasmyth sisters financial independence, and enabled
them move to England.
Between 1831 and 1866, Charlotte exhibited her romantic
landscapes and other works at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Society
of British Artists, the Royal Academy, and other institutions. She painted
mainly in oils, and sometimes in watercolours, and also produced some etchings.
Her subjects include landscapes of north Wales and various regions of England,
as well as Scotland, indicating that she travelled widely throughout Britain.
She was the most prolific artist of the six sisters.
Modern writers have described her as "the most flamboyant and wildest", working "with a greater freedom and panache than her sisters". Contemporary reviewers described Charlotte's paintings as "little gems", "delicious small-room pictures ... meant to .. form the individual treasure of some limited sphere of its own." Gnarled tree trunks with broken branches were a favourite subject of Charlotte's, and a reviewer in 1866 wrote of one of her landscapes, "This is the finest bit of tree painting in the exhibition; vigorous, crisp, and beautiful in colour."
Charlotte died in Putney, Surrey, in 1884.
A portrait of Charlotte by William Nicholson is in the collection of the National Galleries Scotland, and another by Andrew Geddes is in the British Museum.
Letter including mounts is 8 by 7 inches approximately. The letter only, is 5 ¾ by 4 ½ inches.
Condition Report
Externally
- See above and photos.
Internally
- See photos
Publisher: see above
Publication Date: 1850s
Binding: Hardback
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