[Agar, George James Welbore, 1st Baron Dover]:

$125 · Offered by William Reese Company

[Autograph Letter, Signed "Dover," to Alaric A. Watts]. Baron Dover (1797-1833), British art patron, collector and editor of Walpole's letters, writes to British poet and anthologist Alaric A. Watts (1797-1864), stating in part: "I return you many thanks for the beautiful & almost unique proof of Lady Dover's print, which you have been good enough to send me...." He further comments about the recipient's decision regarding having an engraving made of "the picture by Collins...if you finally determine not to have it engraved, will you be so good as to let me have it...." An early ink note, likely by the recipient, appears on the recto of the conjugate: "The late Lord Dover, a most accomplished nobleman and the author of several popular works."

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