Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - "THE ROSE HAS BANISHED FROM MY SIGHT / WHICH BUT TO LOOK ON WAS DELIGHT" -An original manuscript love with accompanying watercolour of the subject of the author's affections, 1840. Original manuscript letter, in black ink, on three sides of a bifolium of wove paper. Titled 'To Miss Fanny Scott'. Sign and dated at foot of last page 'J. Sidney / 1840'. Size: letter (page size) 8vo (22.5cm x 18.5cm) / watercolour 15.2cm x 12.8cm.Very Good (letter) to Near Fine (watercolour) condition. Two small holes to central fold, no text affected. Light age-toning. Folds (presumably for mailing). Pale residue of mounting glue to the verso of the watercolour. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.An original and well-composed lover letter - written in stanzas - in which its author J. Sidney professes his anguish at being separated from Miss Fanny Scott, which is accompanied by a watercolour of the subject. The commonplace album that this letter and watercolour came from contained evidence suggesting that such was her renowned beauty that Miss Scott may also have attracted the amorous attention of the Duke of Wellington (although she is not cited in the definitive source book on the duke's mistresses). key words:
Price: 375 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts
Year Printed: 1840
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Unbound
Author: J. Sidney
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Manuscript
