SAMUEL LOVER, artist note Royal Academy exhibition

[SAMUEL LOVER, BRITISH ARTIST, MINIATURES, SIGNED NOTE/ANS, ca. 1836] SAMUEL LOVER HANDWRITTEN NOTE to Henry Howard, Secretary of the Royal Academy, naming three miniatures by Lover for forthcoming exhibition, handwritten note/ANS, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2"/about 50 words, in part, "I beg to entrust for your care for the purpose of exhibition at the Royal Academy, three miniatures…Mahomed Ismail Khan, Ambassador from the King of Oude…The Reverie, Portrait of a Lady…Miss Harriet Cox…Samuel Lover, R. H. A.," in lower left corner "[Henry] Howard…Sec[retary], R. A. [Royal Academy]"; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee; SAMUEL LOVER: 1797-1868, also known as "Ben Trovato" ("well invented"), was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures (wikipedia)…"[A] miniature of unusual size, by Mr. Lover, of the Ambassador from the King of Oude, will attract attention and deserve it…" (The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, 1836, page 246, article beginning, "The Royal Academy has opened its sixty-eight annual exhibition"); HENRY HOWARD: 1769-1847, in 1811 he became secretary of the Royal Academy and in 1833 he was appointed professor of painting at the Schools. (wikipedia) /// CONDITION: well-preserved, period handwriting legible, fold along left edge suggesting the note was bound in to a file at one time by a previous owner.