Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee Autograph Note Signed by Dicksee, Frank (Sir Frances Bernard)

HARRAP, 1000. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. cover seperation and spine cover a little loose but content in tack

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1898. . The Biographical Edition of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Volume 7 only of 13 volumes. Hardback. Red boards, gilt embossed titles and initials. Uncut edges, top edge gilt. Fronispiece. Illustrated by George du Maurier, F. Barnard and Frank Dicksee. With biographical introductions by his daughter, Anne Ritchie. Essays comprise of : The English Humourists of the 18th Century, The Four Georges, and Charity and Humour. Contents: pages very good and clean. Previous owner's label (partially removed and rubbed). Small hand-mounted portrait of W.M.T. Boards: spine sunned. Some light uneven sunning to edges. A few light blemishes and spots. Otherwise good+ and gilt bright. Binding nice and tight. An attractive edition. Volume 7 only. 725 pp.

Paperback / softback. New.

St John’s Wood, 7 April 1903. 3 pp. 7 x 4 inches, in good clean condition, traces of mounting on blank verso. Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928), Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic historical and legendary scenes.

Maida Vale, London, 1924. Loose_leaf. Very Good. Single sheet of laid paper, written on both sides. Approximately 160+ words. Measuring roughly 6 x 4 inches with a single horizontal crease. CONDITION: scattered very faint finger-soiling, else fine.. ALS on personal stationery with very posh Maida Vale, NW 6 address engraved top right edge. Fantastic content. A marvelous window onto the mores of English society in the 1920's. Dicksee would have been in his 70's at the time of this letter and presumably should have known better than to wear his "old stable jacket" to a soiree of the Dutchess's...but do we ever learn, some of us, do we ever learn? Despite our best efforts we never have been able to identify exactly which Dutchess this event pertains to. We even contacted the author of Dicksee's definitive biography ["Frank Dicksee: 1853-1928; His Art and Life" by Simon Toll, 2017. ACC Publishing,] but he was as stumped as we were. For your reading pleasure here is the our best efforts to decipher the… Read More

2 Fitzroy Square, 23 February 1883. 2 pp. 7 x 4 inches, a minor stain only, in good condition. Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928), Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic historical and legendary scenes. Harmony is one of the most well known pictures by Dicksee, depicting a young man staring adoringly into the eyes of a girl playing the organ. In this letter Dicksee responds to Howell & James’ request. “I much regret to inform you that it is not in my power to do so. I have parted with the copyright to Mr. Agnew of Old Bond St. to whom I must refer you.”

Very Good. N.D.. Softcover. Formerly folded for mailing. ; Handwritten letter, approx. 4 1/2" wide by 7", two pages. Signed Frank Dicksee. Printed letterhead 80, Peel Street, Campden Hill W. Handwritten Friday, no date. To "My dear Parsons, I am so sorry that I could not come to see you yesterday. ...but I had to be in the R. C. Schools all the earlier part of the day. ..." .

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1882 (?). limited numbered edition (608 out of 1000), elephant folio, tan buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, green design to front board and spine, frontispiece, viii + 76pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities)