AUTOBIOGRAPICAL RECOLLECTIONS.... Edited, with a prefatory essay on Leslie as an artist, and selections from his correspondence, by Tom Taylor [with handwritten letter]. In Two Volumes

by Leslie, Charles Robert (1794-1859)

First Edition

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Book Description

London: John Murray, 1860. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine. Two volumes. pp: lxxxviii, 255; engraved portrait + 325, including a chronology of the principal pictures painted by Leslie. Engraved bookplates of Horation Noble Pym in both volumes, with a newspaper review of his book, A Tour Round My Bookshelves, tipped to the front endpaper of Volume I. Bound in full calf, gilt spine decorations and cover rules, marbled endpapers and edges. 7.5" x 4.75 Tipped into Volume I is a four-page, autograph letter, in part: "Mr. Tom Taylor presents his compliments to the Rev'd J. Sheepshanks...the eminent connoisseur & collector...." Taylor states that he is engaged in a life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, to be published by Mr. Murray. He hopes that he may be able to inspect the pictures in the library of the late Mr. Sheepshanks "for the purpose of identifying as far as possible...." Several mentions of Horace Walpole, &c., &c. Four pages, 7" x 4.5" // Leslie was born in London to American parents who came back to this country with him in 1799 and settled in Philadelphia. By 1811, he had returned to London to study at the Royal Academy, earning two silver medals, etc. In 1833, he came back again to teach drawing at the US Military Academy, West Point. Disenchanted after six months, he returned to England. This autobiography with letters contains interesting recollections of friends and colleagues here and abroad.

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